Senior Software Engineer, Robinhood
Derivatives Team
3 days a week in office
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years of experience building backend systems in production environments
- You have experience designing systems that require low latency and high throughput
- You are familiar with cloud infrastructure, including AWS services
- You have experience working with relational databases such as MySQL
- You have worked on trading systems or other distributed systems where performance and reliability are critical
- You communicate clearly and approach problems with a structured, solution-oriented mindset
- You understand crypto derivatives markets, including perpetual futures and their trading lifecycle
What the job involves
- The Derivatives team is building a regulated exchange for perpetual markets, focused on scaling infrastructure to support rapid product expansion and increasing trading demand
- The team partners closely with product, infrastructure, and security groups to deliver reliable systems that support new contract launches and market growth
- Work is centered on backend systems that prioritize correctness, performance, and system reliability in high-volume trading environments!
- As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and develop backend systems that power derivatives trading, including order handling, execution workflows, and risk-sensitive processes
- You will contribute to improving system performance, ensuring data accuracy, and supporting platform scalability as trading volume grows
- This role involves working on systems where low latency and high throughput are essential, and where precise execution is critical to user experience and market integrity
- Design and build backend services that support derivatives trading, including order processing and execution workflows
- Improve system latency and throughput by analyzing performance bottlenecks and implementing targeted optimizations
- Maintain and enhance systems that support trading accuracy, including data consistency and risk-related processes
- Work with product, infrastructure, and security teams to support new contract launches and platform expansion
- Monitor system performance and reliability, using metrics to guide improvements in stability and data integrity
Salary benchmarks
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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