Junior Software Engineer - Rokt Residency Job New York New York USA,Software Development

We are Rokt.
We are the global leader in ecommerce, on a mission to make every transaction more relevant. We’ve built our business around the Transaction Moment™, the span from cart to confirmation where customer attention and intent peak, and where more than 90% of a business's ancillary revenue potential sits untapped.

The Rokt Brain leverages advanced machine learning to determine the next best action for every customer in real time across the Rokt Network, powering 13 billion transactions a year for brands like:
Live Nation, Fanatics, Macy's, AMC Theatres, Pay Pal, Uber, Hulu, Albertsons and more. Since 2012 we've grown from a Sydney startup, to a $3.5B company with 700+ Rokt'stars across eight offices and 15 markets, sustaining a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 40%+ for over a decade.
At Rokt, we practice transparency in career paths and compensation, which is why we have a well-defined career ladder with clear compensation and career paths based on competency and ability.
Compensation for this role is ~$50.48/hour. In addition, you will receive a generous technology allowance to spend on a Macbook Pro M5 + accessories: yours to keep after the residency.

If you secure a full-time offer post-residency, total target compensation will be $127,000, including a fixed annual salary of $120,000, employee equity plan grant (RSUs), and world-class benefits.

This is the expected pay for the role. Final compensation is determined by the level assessed through the interview process and based on how your experience and skills map to our career ladder.

About the role:

The Rokt Residency is an 18 week, full-time, paid early-career program for software engineers working out of our office in New York City .
This cohort of residencies will run from January 12th 2027 through to May 18th 2027.
Residents will have the opportunity to receive full-time offers to join Rokt as Builders on the completion of their residency.

How your future team uses AI:

We are an AI-first company. We’re a team of builders. That means the person who spots the problem is usually the person who fixes it, and “someone should build a tool for that” is treated as a volunteer sign-up sheet. We use AI and automation tools to move faster, and expect you to figure things out when the path isn’t obvious.

If you prefer established processes and clearly defined lanes, you probably won’t like it here.
Rokt Builders use AI coding agents to write, test, and review code, which means a small team ships what used to take a large one. Teams use AI to investigate production issues, generate test coverage, and prototype new features in hours instead of weeks. Residents get the same enterprise AI tools from day one and are expected to use them to build faster.

How you will contribute:

Build and deploy production services and features on a Rokt engineering team, from prototype through to release.

Use AI tools and automation to speed up coding, testing, and deployment.

Find performance bottlenecks and use data to improve systems that run at the scale of billions of transactions.

Work with product managers, designers, and senior Builders to ship features that drive revenue for Rokt and its partners.

Deliver measurable contribution to your team by the end of the Residency.

What you bring:

Software engineering experience, including internships, personal projects, open-source work, or hackathons.
Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, and how to write clean, tested code
Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Python, Go, Type Script, Java, or C#
Evidence that you have built and shipped something real, such as a project, product, or tool that other people use
Hands-on experience using AI coding tools to build software
Ability to…