Staff Software Engineer, Robinhood
Reliability
$217-255k
+ Bonus opportunities + Equity
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$217-255k
+ Bonus opportunities + Equity
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems in production environments
- Deep technical expertise in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, C++) and strong systems engineering fundamentals
- Experience leading major infrastructure or reliability initiatives across multiple teams or domains
- Track record of improving reliability metrics such as SLO adherence, MTTD/MTTR, or cost efficiency at scale
- Strong mentorship and communication skills, with a focus on collaboration, clarity, and impact
What the job involves
- The Reliability Engineering team at Robinhood is focused on ensuring the scalability, performance, and resilience of the systems powering our millions of users
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you'll be part of the founding team shaping our reliability practices from the ground up
- Our mission is to build a culture and foundation of reliability into all areas of the stack—from brokerage and crypto to backend infrastructure and tooling
- The team is also going to be building with other teams, specifically building out the pre-production/staging environments, working with observability, and internal developer tooling groups as well!
- As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead major technical initiatives and influence reliability engineering strategy across the company
- You’ll build and scale critical systems, work closely with partners across product and infrastructure teams, and be a core contributor to establishing standards and best practices for observability, testing, and system readiness
- You’ll operate with significant autonomy while mentoring others and setting a high bar for engineering excellence!
- Develop and build software, infrastructure and tools that improve observability, alerting, incident response, and system readiness
- Serve as a technical leader and reliability domain expert across multiple teams, driving architectural decisions and cross-functional initiatives
- Design and lead large-scale reliability efforts that impact Robinhood’s most critical systems and services
- Lead Production Readiness Reviews, championing best practices in pre-production testing, SLO development, and incident response metrics
- Mentor engineers, foster a reliability-first culture, and drive long-term improvements that reduce operational overhead and improve system health
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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