Junior Software Engineer - Rokt Residency

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.

1. Build and deploy production services and features on a Rokt engineering team, from prototype through to release.
2. Use AI tools and automation to speed up coding, testing, and deployment.
3. Find performance bottlenecks and use data to improve systems that run at the scale of billions of transactions.
4. Work with product managers, designers, and senior Builders to ship features that drive revenue for Rokt and its partners.
5. Deliver measurable contribution to your team by the end of the Residency.

• 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, TypeScript, 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 work in fast-paced teams
• Constantly looking for new ways to improve and accelerate a function
• Availability to work full time in the office in New York, for the full 18 weeks.

We move fast and decide with incomplete information, because a good decision this week can lead to a perfect one next quarter. We work as one team, which means the best idea wins regardless of who raised it or what level they are. We hire people who are brilliant and humble and who are obsessed with making the customer successful.