Senior Web Developer, Robinhood
Alerts & Case Management
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of professional experience with modern Web technologies and frameworks
- You’re an expert at writing and efficiently debugging JavaScript in Node and browser environments
- You have an incredible design intuition coupled with an obsession for the customer and their experience
- You’re an advocate of high standards for code quality and code review processes
- You have a growth mindset coupled with a fascination for technology at scale
What the job involves
- As a Web Engineer on the Customer Trust & Safety team, you will be responsible for building the foundational products and services that Robinhood teams utilize to ensure Robinhood is a safe place for our users
- This team aims to provide solutions and platforms that cater to a variety of internal and external scenarios from building prevention and detection controls for specific fraud patterns to building generic platforms that enable rapid prevention, detection, and mitigation cycles
- Our success is our customers’ success; you will directly help customers safely invest, engage & transact on the Robinhood platform as they build their financial future! Your work will be critical in building and maintaining trust with our customers, regulators, and the public
- We are looking for an experienced web engineer to join our team and take on the exciting and challenging new features of the investigations platform, as one of the most impactful projects for improving operational efficiency, risk reduction and engineering quality
- Create high-quality, performant products that leverage technologies like React, TypeScript, and CSS-in-JS
- Own and drive features from inception and design to implementation and launch, being the web expert on your team
- Build and improve tools to support Robinhood's operations and platforms, providing leverage across the company
- Collaborate with design and product experts to rapidly iterate and ship financial products
- Build frameworks and abstractions to materially accelerate and empower other developers
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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