Senior Software Engineer, Robinhood
Agentic
$196-230k
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$196-230k
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in Machine Learning or Generative AI contexts
- Experience working with LLMs and building agentic solutions
- Familiarity with prompt engineering, RAG patterns, and multi-agent architectures
- Strong programming skills in Python, Golang, C++, or similar languages
- A collaborative mindset with a focus on delivering robust platforms that support broad impact
What the job involves
- We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems
- We’re looking for bold thinkers
- Sharp problem-solvers
- Builders who are wired to make an impact
- Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers
- We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do
- Expectations are high, and so are the rewards
- The Business Systems team empowers our workforce through secure, scalable, and innovative technology solutions
- As a Senior Software Engineer, Agentic you’ll help build Agentic AI solutions supporting Finance, Compliance & Legal, and HR & Recruiting
- Your work will shape internal platforms that unlock efficiency and drive innovation across these essential business areas
- The Agentic team at Robinhood is building the foundation for AI agents that power the next generation of AI financial products and internal tools
- Our mission is to empower teams across the company to rapidly build, evaluate, and deploy high-performance AI agents through intuitive tooling, production-grade infrastructure, and continuous optimization support
- We’re creating a platform that makes it easy for engineers to experiment, ship, and scale agents reliably
- This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA and Bellevue, WA office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week
- At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community
- Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams
- Build and maintain tools and workflows for agent development that support rapid prototyping
- Develop platform components for scalable experimentation and automated evaluation of AI agents
- Collaborate with engineering partners and business stakeholders to identify friction points, gather requirements, and drive platform improvements
- Contribute to platform governance and observability, ensuring reliability and compliance by default
- Stay engaged with ML/AI advancements and help translate research into production-grade tools
Our take
For years, traditional brokers ruled the share trading realm, charging hefty fees that locked out everyday investors. Robinhood emerged as a disruptor, offering commission-free trading and opening the door to a new generation. Since then, expectations have continued to evolve, with investors looking not just to lower costs, but for simpler tools, clearer information, and guidance that makes the market easier to understand.
Robinhood was built to meet those changing expectations, designed from the start as a mobile-first platform that makes investor more accessible and less intimidating for people at every stage of their financial journey. Through its app, users can trade stocks and other financial instruments while benefiting from a clean interface and built-in educational support, helping them move from curiosity to confidence without unnecessary complexity.
Recently, Robinhood has strenghtned its impact too, particularly in the UK. With the launch of AI-powered Digests within its Robinhood Cortex assistant that helps users understand what's driving stock movements in plain English, while upcoming options trading and expanded educational resources add flexibility and depth. Together, these steps position Robinhood as a platform evolving alongside its users, blending technology and education to stay ahead in an ever-changing investment landscape.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2021
$2.4bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2021
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $5.6bn
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Leadership
Vlad Tenev
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met Baiju. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood. Alongside Robinhood, Vlad is also the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Harmonic.
Baiju B.
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their Vlad and co-founded Robinhood in 2012. Baiju is also the Founder and CEO of Aetherflux.
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