Individual Contributor Infrastructure Engineer

We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader. 

Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce, unlocking real-time relevance in the moment that matters most. Rokt’s AI Brain and ecommerce Network powers billions of transactions connecting hundreds of millions of customers and is trusted to do this by the world’s leading companies.

We are a team of builders helping smart businesses find innovative ways to meet customer needs and generate incremental revenue. Leading companies drive 10-50% of additional revenue—and often all their profits—from the extra products or services they sell. This economic edge unleashes a world of possibilities for growth and innovation.

The Rokt engineering team builds best-in-class ecommerce technology that provides personalized and relevant experiences for customers globally and empowers marketers with sophisticated, AI-driven tooling to understand consumers better. Our bespoke platform handles millions of transactions per day. It considers billions of data points which give engineers the opportunity to build technology at scale, collaborate across teams and gain exposure to a wide range of technology.

Target total compensation ranges from $170,000 - $580,000, including a fixed annual salary of $150,000 - $345,000, an employee equity plan grant, and world-class benefits. 

Equity grants are issued in good faith and are subject to company policies, board approval, and individual eligibility.

As an Individual Contributor Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll design, build, and operate the systems that power Rokt’s global platform. We’re hiring across multiple levels (Entry, Associate, Senior, Staff, and Principal) and disciplines—Build & Release, Compute, and Storage. You’ll work as an individual contributor in a high-impact environment, helping to define the standards and technology that keep Rokt reliable, fast, and scalable.

About the role: 

Common responsibilities (all levels & disciplines)

• Design, implement, and operate core infrastructure powering Rokt’s production environment
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code to automate infrastructure operations
• Partner with other engineers to improve system reliability, observability, and performance
• Participate in on-call rotations and help build systems that minimize operational toil
• Collaborate cross-functionally to identify bottlenecks, improve efficiency, and drive automation
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and best practices that scale across teams

Build & Release

• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Buildkite or equivalent) for fast, safe, and repeatable deployments
• Improve developer experience with caching systems, build optimizations, and paved-road tooling
• Manage artifact repositories (Nexus or internal) and ensure secure, consistent release workflows
• Automate provisioning and deployment processes using Terraform and container-based delivery

Compute

• Build and operate Kubernetes clusters and core platform services (EKS, ECR, Helm, Argo)
• Manage networking and runtime layers, including VPCs, service mesh (Istio), ingress, and DNS
• Develop automation and controllers that enhance scalability, cost-efficiency, and reliability
• Work closely with product and platform teams to optimize resource utilization and performance

Storage

• Operate and evolve distributed data systems (Kafka, Cassandra, Trino, and data-lake tooling)
• Implement scalable ingestion, replication, and schema management solutions
• Ensure durability, availability, and performance across real-time and batch systems
• Build observability and automation for high-throughput, multi-region data platforms

Requirements

About You:

Common requirements

• Experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering roles, or strong motivation to grow in this space
• Hands-on experience with Linux systems, AWS (or other cloud providers), and infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred)
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Understanding of CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and observability principles
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a focus on delivering impact

Senior and above

• Proven ability to lead projects, design scalable systems, and mentor other engineers
• Deep expertise in one or more domains: Build & Release, Compute, or Storage
• Demonstrated impact in improving reliability, performance, and developer velocity

Principal level

• Recognized technical leader in infrastructure design and operations
• Defines long-term vision for platform scalability, performance, and security
• Shapes cross-team architecture and drives adoption of modern engineering practices

Benefits

About Rokt’stars:

As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock real-time relevancy in ecommerce and beyond. Our bias for action means we are not afraid to quickly venture into uncharted territories, take risks, or challenge the status quo; in doing so we either win or learn. We work together as one aligned team never letting egos get in the way of brilliant ideas. We value diversity, transparency and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together. We pride ourselves on being a force for good as we make the world better. 

About the Benefits:

We leverage best-in-class technology and market-leading innovation in AI and ML, with all of that being underlined by building and maintaining a fantastic and inclusive culture where people can be their authentic selves and offering a great list of perks and benefits to go with it:

• Become a shareholder. Every Rokt’star gets equity in the company
• Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office.
• Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and great health benefits for you and your dependents.
• Dog-friendly office
• Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.) 
• Work with the greatest talent in town
• See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London

We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office minimum 4 days per week). 

We at Rokt choose to create a company that is as diverse and inclusive as the world we live in by attracting, growing & keeping the best talent. Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

If this sounds like a role you’d enjoy, apply here, and you’ll hear from our recruiting team.