Senior Software Engineer, Python
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
We are looking for talented engineers of all levels to join our Finance Engineering team. This team is responsible for all accounting automation-related things. Billing, invoicing, payment processing, financial reporting etc. We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are passionate about quality engineering and building simple solutions that make the Finance Platform scalable, reliable and extensible.
You will be expected to apply your engineering, problem-solving and team work skills to execute on new feature development and improvements to the existing platform. This will include working closely with the Product team and Finance/Accounting team to help translate feature requests into clear engineering requirements, and collaborating with your fellow engineers.
We value craftsmanship and are passionate about quality and thoughtful engineering. We are fans of pair programming, open communication, and continuous improvement. And we are serious about testing and code coverage. We learn from each other, and we get the job done.
Tech Stack
- Python > 3.8 with type hints
- Flask/Falcon, and its ecosystems
- Distributed systems design and implementation
- Messaging systems and technologies (e.g. SQS, Kafka, etc.)
- SQL and NoSQL data modelling experience (PostgreSQL, ElasticSearch, Dyanamodb)
- Tox, Pytest, Unittest, Testing Frameworks
- Postman, Newman, or other integration tests stack
- Docker/Kubernetes
- CI/CD 3 musketeers (make, docker, compose)
- AWS, cloud formation, terraform or related experiences
Desirable:
- AWS certification
- javascript/typescript
- Nodejs ecosystems and backend stack (expressjs, nestjs, jest)
- Bash
Requirements
Requirement and capabilities:
- Minimal 3+ years of professional experience, 5+ years desirable.
- Production experience of building online/offline services, API management, System integrations
- In-depth understanding of the entire development process (design, development and deployment)
- Be working closely with internal and external stakeholders to rapidly deliver new services, enhancements, and the occasional bug fix.
- History of autonomous design decision making at technically focused companies
- A pythonic developer, an enforcer of coding style consistency. (e.g. pep8)
- Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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.