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

About You:

Common requirements

• Experience in infrastructure, Dev Ops, 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…