Engineering Manager, Robinhood
Margin
$230-270k
+ Bonus & Equity
5+ 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
$230-270k
+ Bonus & Equity
5+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- You have experience managing and developing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and performance management
- You have strong technical expertise in distributed systems, backend services, or financial systems
- You have experience building or supporting systems that require high reliability, data accuracy, and regulatory awareness
- You are comfortable using data and metrics to inform decisions and improve system performance
- You communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical partners and align teams around shared goals
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team responsible for designing and operating critical margin infrastructure, including lending systems, risk evaluation pipelines, and account health monitoring
- You will guide technical direction, support engineers in delivering high-quality systems, and ensure services meet performance, reliability, and compliance standards
- You will work closely with cross-functional partners to prioritize work, translate business needs into engineering plans, and deliver measurable improvements to system stability and customer outcomes
- Lead and support a team of engineers building margin and lending systems, including setting goals, providing feedback, and supporting career growth
- Define and execute technical plans that improve system reliability, latency, and scalability for margin-related services
- Partner with product, risk, legal, and data teams to deliver features that meet regulatory requirements and improve customer experience
- Establish clear engineering processes, including code reviews, incident response practices, and system monitoring standards
- Use metrics such as system uptime, latency, and error rates to guide prioritization and track improvements
- 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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