Engineering Manager, Robinhood
Advisory Platform
$230-270k
+ equity + bonus
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
+ equity + bonus
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years of software engineering experience, including experience managing engineers or engineering teams
- You have experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems with a focus on reliability and performance
- You have delivered complex technical initiatives from planning through execution
- You communicate effectively with both technical and business partners
- You support team development through coaching, feedback, and structured growth planning
What the job involves
- The Advisor Platform team builds systems that help financial advisors serve their clients through scalable, reliable technology
- The team develops backend infrastructure that supports advanced financial products, with a focus on availability, performance, and secure data handling
- You’ll work closely with product managers and data teams to deliver systems that support new customer experiences and expand into additional product areas
- The team values thoughtful system design, measurable outcomes, and continuous improvement while helping shape the future of advisory services!
- As an Engineering Manager, you will lead engineers responsible for designing and delivering backend systems that operate at scale
- You will guide architectural decisions, support engineers in solving complex technical challenges, and ensure systems meet reliability and performance expectations
- You will partner with product managers, legal, compliance, and operations teams to align technical execution with business priorities and customer needs
- In addition, you will support career development, team effectiveness, and consistent delivery across key initiatives
- Lead, mentor, and support the growth of a team of software engineers while fostering an inclusive and collaborative engineering culture
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for brokerage services, balancing platform improvements with delivery of new capabilities
- Work with product managers, legal, compliance, and operations teams to design reliable financial workflows and customer-facing systems
- Establish operational metrics, architectural standards, and monitoring practices that improve system reliability, performance, and availability
- Contribute to organizational planning, resource allocation, and technical direction across the Brokerage Engineering organization
- 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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