Software Developer, Robinhood

Reliability

Salary not provided
AWS
Kubernetes
Python
Django
Java
Kafka
Redis
Go
Postgres
Airflow
RabbitMQ
Celery
Junior, Mid and Senior level
Toronto
Robinhood

Commission-free stock trading platform

Open for applications

Robinhood

Commission-free stock trading platform

1001+ employees

FintechB2CCryptocurrencyMarketplaceTrading

Open for applications

Salary not provided
AWS
Kubernetes
Python
Django
Java
Kafka
Redis
Go
Postgres
Airflow
RabbitMQ
Celery
Junior, Mid and Senior level
Toronto

1001+ employees

FintechB2CCryptocurrencyMarketplaceTrading

Company mission

To democratize finance for all.

Role

Who you are

  • The business is seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply
  • Fluent in one or more programming languages (e.g. Go, Python, Java)
  • Experience authoring and operating high-scale services
  • Experience with scalable distributed systems, either built from scratch or on public Cloud (e.g. AWS) primitives
  • Pluses if you have experience with Python/Django/Go and AWS

What the job involves

  • Join our Reliability Engineering team, focused on designing, evolving, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems. As a Software Developer, you'll collaborate across teams to build robust, scalable systems that ensure high availability and low latency
  • The Reliability team currently has two significant areas of focus
  • Building our company wide software system that tracks all outages/SEVs for the organization. A sophisticated tool where all product/infra teams collaborate to identify, remediate, and track significant outages
  • Track and monitor our most critical workflows for the business, identifying issues early and being a critical component of long term reliable performance of these core workflows
  • As Software Developer, you will combine your software and systems knowledge to engineer distributed systems that are reliable, scaleable and fault-tolerant for Robinhood. You will be part of the larger infrastructure organization where you will work cross functionally with other infra teams to make that a reality
  • Design and Implement new features and services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability
  • Continually optimize systems and workflows by improving architecture, infrastructure, automation, CI/CD and observability
  • Act as an owner and leader of Robinhood's infrastructure by ensuring project infrastructure needs are met and working proactively with customer teams to help them improve reliability

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. Its innovative model thrives on premium features like increased buying power and extended trading hours, attracting a younger audience drawn to meme stocks like AMC and GameStop.

But Robinhood's not just about quick thrills. The company claims its mission lies in catering to "the unmet needs of the next generation," evidenced by its "Robinhood Retirement" launch, targeting gig-economy workers often excluded from financial planning. This commitment to accessibility aligns with its core values.

However, 2023 brought unexpected turbulence, as Robinhood became entangled in the FTX cryptocurrency exchange bankruptcy scandal when it emerged that the US Department of Justice seized hundreds of millions of dollars of the company's shares tied to FTX founder Bankman-Fried. Despite these challenges, Robinhood successfully bought back the missing stock, and its impact on democratizing finance remains undeniable.

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Insights

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

39% female employees

-23% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)

Feb 2021

$2.4bn

CONVERTIBLE

Jan 2021

$1bn

LATE VC

Total funding: $5.6bn

Company benefits

  • Well-being - Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Family & home life - Parental leave, personal prosperity benefits
  • Comfort & care - Annual lifestyle stipend
  • Office life - Catered meals and fully stocked kitchen, commuter benefits
  • Growth - Education and training, community events, career mentorships

Company values

  • Safety First: Robinhood is a safety-first company
  • Participation is Power: At Robinhood, the rich don’t get a better deal
  • Radical Customer Focus: We exist to make our customers happy
  • First-Principles Thinking: We make bold bets and challenge the status quo

Company HQ

Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA

Leadership

Vlad Tenev

(Co-Founder)

Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met their fellow co-founder. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood.

Baiju B.

(Co-Founder)

Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their fellow co-founder.

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