Manager of Insider Trust, Robinhood
$217-255k
+ Bonus programs & equity ownership
5+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$217-255k
+ Bonus programs & equity ownership
5+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 3 years+ of experience in engineering management
- 6+ years experience in insider threat / abuse domain
- Exceptional integrity and emotional intelligence
- Experience leading operational teams
- Experience developing and delivering information on program status for executive leadership
What the job involves
- Robinhood’s Security Team is looking for a stellar Engineering Manager to build and lead our Insider Threat team. The Insider Threat team is focused on protecting, detecting, and responding to and from internal threats to Robinhood data and systems. The team identifies malicious and accidental misuse of otherwise legitimate access to data from people inside the company
- We investigate across a broad spectrum of threats and abuse including abuse of personal data, intellectual property, and leaks of sensitive information. We collaborate across our security engineering and business teams to build detection capabilities and analyze how abuse happens so that we can stay ahead of those who are interested in misusing access
- Lead a team of security engineers and analysts to develop solutions to hunt, detect, and respond to internal threats
- Work with technical leads to set the direction for infrastructure, process, and standards
- Provide technical expertise and leadership in threat hunting, incident response, forensics, security analysis, and security engineering
- Build, cultivate and maintain positive relationships with internal customers to identify and facilitate solutions to increase the impact of the team's work
- Work with cross-functional business, product, analytics, and engineering leaders to negotiate, plan, and execute on a roadmap for the Insider Threat team
- Mentor and grow the members of your team for their immediate and long-term careers
- Recruit top-tier talent at all levels of seniority
- Nurturing the team, providing outlets for support when confronting offensive, profane, and obscene materials
- Work with Technical Program Managers and Technical Writers to develop documentation of Insider Threat landscape
- Be the face of and subject matter expert for the services for your team provides to the legal, people, compliance, and executive teams
- Our ambitious roadmap requires a great culture shaped by exceptional leaders. Here’s what we expect from them:
- Drive high performance by setting clear, focused goals, giving real-time feedback, stretching top talent, and scaling impact through focus, innovation, and tech
- Hire and retain top talent by setting a high bar, hiring only those who raise it, investing in onboarding, and addressing talent issues quickly and fairly
- Create community by connecting work to purpose, removing friction while prioritizing safety, building trust and inclusion, and leading from the front with integrity
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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