Individual Contributor Infrastructure Engineer

Rokt • New York, NY

7d • $150,000 - $345,000 • Onsite

About The Position

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.

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
• 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
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees