Senior Security Engineer, Robinhood
Blockchain
$187-220k
+ Bonus opportunities and equity
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Open for applications
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$187-220k
+ Bonus opportunities and equity
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of experience conducting cyber security assessments
- 3+ years of experience engineering security solutions
- 2+ years of experience specializing in assessing and securing blockchain applications and infrastructure
- Deep understanding of blockchain technologies, protocols, exploits, and frameworks and associated security risks
- Security domain knowledge across many cyber security disciplines
- Outside-the-box thinking (adversary mentality)
- Experience communicating effectively with technical/non-technical and executive-level audiences
- Working knowledge of Go or Python for interacting with security tooling APIs
- Security automation experience is a plus
- Security technical report writing is a plus
- AWS experience is a plus
What the job involves
- The Application Security team mission is to ensure that Robinhood's applications and production environments are built and operated with the highest standards of security, enabling a safer, scalable, and resilient platform for all users
- By proactively identifying vulnerabilities, managing risks, and empowering the engineering community with effective security platforms, we drive robust application and production security practices across the organization
- As a Senior Blockchain Security Engineer, you’ll design and safeguard the cryptographic foundations of our fintech systems
- You’ll own key management, secure payment flows, and protocol reviews while driving adoption of cutting-edge cryptography
- This role combines hands-on technical depth with cross-team influence to protect customer trust and keep us ahead of emerging threats
- Perform proactive assessments covering infrastructure, secure and resilient architecture, data security (including privacy), identity and access management, application and product security for our Crypto business
- Prioritize and drive the reduction of discovered security issues, vulnerabilities, and risks by partnering with the business to provide recommendations and solutions
- Work with technical leads to develop strategies, programs, systems and tools that enhance our approach in keeping our products, data, and customers safe and secure
- Collaborate with partner security teams to help safeguard Robinhood’s data and infrastructure
- Provide technical expertise on Robinhood’s Security and Privacy solutions, policies, procedures, and standards
- Stay up to date on the direction of emerging security, privacy, blockchain technologies, and industry trends
- You don’t just identify security issues — you bring a builder’s mindset to remediate them at scale
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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