Senior Software Engineer, Application Security
Who we are
Rokt is expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 16 markets worldwide, with its headquarters in NYC, and a major R&D hub in Sydney. As the global leader in ecommerce technology, Rokt powers the Transaction Moment™ of best-in-class companies including Live Nation, Groupon, Staples, Lands' End, Fanatics, GoDaddy, Vistaprint, and HelloFresh. Our mission: To make ecommerce smarter, faster, and better.
With annual revenues of more than US$150M (pacing to $170M in 2021) and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our four core values: Smart with Humility, Customer Obsessed, Conquer New Frontiers, and Enjoy the Ride. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we have the right conditions to do our best work.
Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.
The Role
The security team is a dedicated team with the goal of ensuring that every user and their information is protected; Rokt’s platform and services are secure; and security best practices are promoted across the entire company.
- As part of the team you will be able to collaborate on the definition of security guidelines and practices at Rokt, as well as advising our Security Champions on Secure SDLC best practices.
- You'll work closely with our SRE team,
- Develop tooling to prevent insecure code being released into our operating environments, as well as detection of configuration non-conformances, IoCs.
- Proactively research new attack vectors that may affect Rokt.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles. Development experience with Python or another general purpose programming language.
- Penetration testing against cloud environments and/or mobile (iOS/Android)
- Guide teams to produce threat models and security code reviews
- Collaborate with teams to understand, verify and remediate identified security issues and identify further instances of them
- Development skills to automate code security assessments
- Research and implement automated code security quality gates
- Network security architecture concepts including topology, protocols, components, and principles (e.g., application of defense-in-depth)
- Solid foundational knowledge of technologies around networking and security including DNS, TLS and HTTP
- Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means
- Be motivated, self-driven in a fast (we truly mean fast) paced environment with a proven track record demonstrating impact across several teams, organizations and/or security areas.
- BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruiting process is tough. We hold a high bar because we have a high performing, high-velocity culture - we only want the brightest and the best.
- Join a community. We believe the best things happen when we come together to solve complex problems and make meaningful connections with each other through interest groups, sports clubs, and social events.
- Accelerate your career. Develop through our global training events, ‘Level Up’ investment, online training courses, and our fantastic people leaders. Take your career to Rokt’speed - Grow your career in our rapidly growing company.
- Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us 3 years or more.
- Stay happy and healthy. Enjoy catered lunch 3 times a week and healthy snacks in our pet-friendly office. Plus join the gym on us! In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your whole family.
- Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone enjoys the upside.
- See the world! Along with our global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020), we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have cool offices in great cities - Tokyo, New York, Singapore, Boston, Sydney.
- We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and recognizes that a diverse workforce is crucial to our success as a business. We would love you to apply for one of our open roles - irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.