iOS Engineer, Robinhood
$157-185k
Offers bonus and equity
3+ days a week in office
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Open for applications
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$157-185k
Offers bonus and equity
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- You have 4+ years of professional iOS development experience, including shipping customer-facing features in production applications
- You demonstrate solid proficiency in Swift and modern iOS frameworks (e.g., SwiftUI, UIKit), and apply established architectural patterns to build maintainable, testable code
- You independently own medium-to-large features from technical design through implementation, testing, and release
- You write clean, well-documented code and contribute to code reviews that improve quality and team standards
- You collaborate effectively with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate requirements into reliable, performant mobile experiences
What the job involves
- As an iOS Engineer, you will design and build core features for Robinhood’s crypto trading experience on iOS. You will contribute to architecture decisions, improve app performance and reliability, and collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to deliver features that directly support customer trading activity and portfolio management. You will also help define technical direction and raise engineering standards through code reviews and mentorship
- Work with a fast-growing team to revolutionize finance at speed and scale
- Build and enhance iOS features using Swift and UIKit and/or SwiftUI to support core customer experiences
- Contribute to mobile architecture and code structure to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability
- Optimize app performance and responsiveness using iOS profiling and debugging tools
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code and standard iOS testing practices
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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