Senior Security Engineer - job 1 of 2

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.

At Rokt, we practice transparency in career paths and compensation. At Rokt, we believe in transparency, which is why we have a well-defined career ladder with transparent compensation and clear career paths based on competency and ability. Rokt’stars constantly strive to raise the bar, pushing the envelope of what is possible.

We are looking for Senior Security Engineer

Target Total Compensation: $300,000 - $375,000, including a fixed annual salary of $200,000 - $250,000, employee equity grant, and world-class benefits.

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

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to advance Rokt’s application, cloud, and AI security posture. In this role, you will leverage cutting-edge AI workflow tools and traditional security capabilities to embed security seamlessly into our software development lifecycle (SDLC) — built for the AI era.

About the role: 

• Develop and scale AI-driven security assessment tools and automation (e.g., leveraging Copilot, Cursor, N8N, Replit).
• Reimagine and implement modern SAST, SCA, and DAST workflows aligned to AI-driven development paradigms.
• Build preventative security libraries and rule sets addressing emerging vulnerability classes (e.g., API security, LLM risks).
• Collaborate with software engineers, platform teams, and GRC to embed security across product and infrastructure.
• Lead security reviews, scalable threat modeling, and data privacy impact assessments, while shaping security policies, standards, guidelines, and AI security education programs.

About you:

• 5+ years of experience in application, cloud, or AI security engineering, with a strong understanding of modern AppSec risks across APIs, cloud-native platforms, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience securing AI-powered applications and workflows, beyond traditional prompt injection threats.
• Proficiency with AI automation and coding platforms such as Copilot, Cursor, N8N, and Replit, combined with experience building scalable security solutions.
• Programming expertise in at least one modern language (preferably Go or Python) and familiarity with cloud environments (AWS or GCP) and supply chain security frameworks like SLSA.
• Practical experience with both open-source and commercial security tools (e.g., SAST, SCA, DAST) to secure the software development lifecycle.
• A Builder mindset: independently identifies security gaps, designs effective solutions, and adapts security approaches to the specific needs of Rokt, AfterSell, and mParticle.
• Preferred certifications: GIAC Web Application Defender (GWEB), OSWE, or equivalent SANS certifications.

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. Plus join the gym on us! 
• Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance!
• 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 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.