Staff Security Software Developer, Robinhood
Identity and Cryptography
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of experience working in Software Engineering space, with a passion to security
- Strong architecture and design skills
- Desire to mentor and coach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to see the big picture
- Experience building out solutions to deliver both short term wins with an eye on the long term goals
- Must have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
- Proficient in Go or Python. Strong problem solver and have solid production debugging skills
- Expertise with cloud native platforms, and container and orchestration technologies. (e.g. AWS, Kubernates, gRPC, Kalfa)
- We would love to see you have experience working with authentication and authorization protocols/frameworks (OpenID Connect, OAuth, etc.) but will not require it
- We would love to see you have experience working with key management systems or data encryption but will not require it
- Strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems across the full software lifecycle
What the job involves
- The Robinhood Security Cryptography and IAM Platform team provides cryptographic services and libraries that power Robinhood’s infrastructure key management and data encryption
- Additionally this team creates engineering solutions and advisory services for Workforce IAM enablement across Robinhood’s custom systems and services
- We are focused on improving developer user experience for our cryptographic tools as well as developing paved paths for cryptographic as well as authentication paved paths across Robinhood organization
- Design large-scale systems within the team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability
- Develop technical solutions with high engineering rigor
- Improve system performance, scalability, devX and security, reducing privacy and safety risks
- Collaborate and align across a multitude of engineering teams in delivering large-scope technical quality projects
- Mentor more junior engineers and raise the bar of the team
- Parter with your manager to improve team’s performance and help build out and maintain a high functioning engineering team
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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