Android Engineer, Robinhood
$128-150k
+ bonus programs + equity ownership
3 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
$128-150k
+ bonus programs + equity ownership
3 days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- You bring 0-3 years experience building Android applications using Kotlin or Java
- You have experience building UI using Android Views and/or Jetpack Compose
- You have experience integrating APIs and handling real-time or near real-time data
- You write clear, maintainable, and well-tested code
- You are comfortable debugging performance issues and improving application reliability
- You communicate effectively with engineers, product managers, and designers
What the job involves
- The Eng Growth team builds products and systems that help expand customer engagement, increase product adoption, and improve the overall user journey across Robinhood’s platform
- The team focuses on developing features that guide customers through onboarding, education, and ongoing usage while ensuring performance and reliability at scale!
- As an Android Engineer, you will design and develop mobile features that support growth initiatives across the brokerage experience
- You will work closely with backend engineers, product managers, and designers to build Android applications that enable seamless onboarding, personalized experiences, and consistent performance across key user journeys!
- Build, test, and ship Android features that improve user activation, engagement, and retention
- Partner with product managers and designers to define clear requirements and deliver user-focused solutions
- Write clean, maintainable Kotlin code and contribute to improving code quality and system reliability
- Analyze experiment results and user behavior data to guide feature improvements
- Identify and resolve performance issues to ensure a fast, stable mobile experience
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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