Engineering Manager, Robinhood
$230-270k
4+ 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
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years of engineering management experience leading product-focused engineering teams
- Strong foundation in building consumer-facing products at scale, with experience working through the stack
- Deep understanding of web architecture and best practices for building modular, scalable systems within large, evolving codebases
- Experience building and operating distributed systems that handle high traffic or real-time data
- Proven ability to grow engineers across levels through mentorship, feedback, and clear expectations
- An execution-focused mindset, capable of navigating ambiguity and delivering results
- Clear communication with both technical and non-technical partners
- Leadership expectations:
- 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
What the job involves
- We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems
- We’re looking for bold thinkers
- Sharp problem-solvers
- Builders who are wired to make an impact
- Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers
- We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do
- Expectations are high, and so are the rewards
- The Robinhood Social team is building Robinhood's social trading platform — a feed-based experience where traders share insights, follow one another, and discover market-moving information in real time
- The product is currently in beta, making this a rare ground up opportunity to shape the future of social experiences at Robinhood from the ground up
- You'll work closely with product, design, data, machine learning, and safety teams to build reliable, scalable systems that support high-volume content, user interactions, and personalized discovery
- As an Engineering Manager for the Social team, you will lead a group of engineers building core social trading features
- You will set technical direction, drive execution against product goals, and ensure systems meet reliability and performance standards
- You will partner cross-functionally to define priorities, translate product needs into technical plans, and deliver end product
- You will also grow engineers through feedback, goal-setting, and career planning
- This role is based in our New York, NY office, with in-person attendance expected at least 4 days per week
- Lead a team building and scaling social interactions, content feeds, and user discovery features
- Set and communicate clear technical direction aligned with product strategy, holding a high bar for quality, performance, and maintainability
- Partner cross-functionally with design, product, data, machine learning, and safety teams to shape the social experience
- Drive architectural decisions and foster a culture of high-quality code and strong engineering processes
- Foster a collaborative, inclusive team environment where engineers across levels can grow, take ownership, and do their best work
- Support engineers through hiring, onboarding, performance feedback, and career development
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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