Staff Software Developer, Robinhood
Observability
CA$170-200k
Eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood’s equity plan
Commission-free stock trading platform
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$170-200k
Eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood’s equity plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Expertise in Observability: Deep experience with observability tools and platforms such as Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, Honeycomb, Chronosphere, or similar
- Technical Acumen: Strong coding skills in Python, Go, and experience with Kubernetes and cloud-based architectures
- Leadership Experience: Proven track record as a technical lead, driving strategy, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams
- Operational Excellence: Familiarity with managing the balance between self-hosted and vendor-managed solutions, optimizing for performance and cost
What the job involves
- The Observability Team is responsible for all things observability and monitoring at Robinhood, encompassing metrics, logging, tracing, error handling, and alerting. The team builds and maintains a platform that allows other development teams to seamlessly integrate observability into their services, ensuring issues are detected and resolved with minimal friction!
- Robinhood is looking for an experienced Staff Software Developer to act as the Team Lead of the Observability Team
- This team plays a critical role in enabling our engineering teams to deliver reliable and performant software by providing a robust observability platform
- As a leader of this team, you will drive the strategy, execution, and vision for observability at Robinhood, ensuring our tools and systems are world-class, scalable, and cost-efficient
- Our platform leverages external solutions such as: Metrics: Chronosphere (via Prometheus and Grafana), Logging: Humio, Tracing: Honeycomb, Error Handling: Sentry, Paging: PagerDuty
- Design and Build: Scaleable and reliable observability platforms at Robinhood
- Strategize and Drive: Define the long-term vision for observability at Robinhood and set the roadmap to achieve it
- Technical Leadership: Provide deep technical expertise in observability, ensuring the team builds scalable, reliable, and efficient systems and acting as the Team Lead
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to gather feedback, understand their needs, and refine the platform
- Mentorship: Elevate the team by mentoring developers, holding a high bar for quality, and fostering a culture of excellence
- Efficiency and Cost Management: Drive initiatives to reduce time to detect and resolve issues while optimizing costs for logging, metrics, and tracing
- Build Partnerships: Establish strong relationships with other engineering leaders and teams, ensuring smooth collaboration and shared success
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. Its innovative model thrives on premium features like increased buying power and extended trading hours, attracting a younger audience drawn to meme stocks like AMC and GameStop.
But Robinhood's not just about quick thrills. The company claims its mission lies in catering to "the unmet needs of the next generation," evidenced by its "Robinhood Retirement" launch, targeting gig-economy workers often excluded from financial planning. This commitment to accessibility aligns with its core values.
However, 2023 brought unexpected turbulence, as Robinhood became entangled in the FTX cryptocurrency exchange bankruptcy scandal when it emerged that the US Department of Justice seized hundreds of millions of dollars of the company's shares tied to FTX founder Bankman-Fried. Despite these challenges, Robinhood successfully bought back the missing stock, and its impact on democratizing finance remains undeniable.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
39% female employees
-23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2021
$2.4bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2021
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $5.6bn
Company benefits
- Well-being - Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Family & home life - Parental leave, personal prosperity benefits
- Comfort & care - Annual lifestyle stipend
- Office life - Catered meals and fully stocked kitchen, commuter benefits
- Growth - Education and training, community events, career mentorships
Company values
- Safety First: Robinhood is a safety-first company
- Participation is Power: At Robinhood, the rich don’t get a better deal
- Radical Customer Focus: We exist to make our customers happy
- First-Principles Thinking: We make bold bets and challenge the status quo
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Articles
Leadership
Vlad Tenev
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met their fellow co-founder. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood.
Baiju B.
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their fellow co-founder.
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