Senior Software Developer, Robinhood
Cloud Networking
$145-170k
+ Bonus + Equity
Commission-free stock trading platform
Open for applications
Commission-free stock trading platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$145-170k
+ Bonus + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Strong understanding of Networking and Microservice Architecture and a familiarity with writing highly concurrent systems with load balancing techniques
- Experience in traffic management platforms and service mesh technologies like envoy, istio, linkerd, cilium, etc
- Have a strong technical grasp, excellent judgment on task prioritizations and expertise with a focus on reliability, scalability, and correctness
- You are able to tackle sophisticated engineering problems that deliver results which help the team to achieve its objectives
- You have a history of creating and applying new processes and tooling to increase engineering efficiency
- Passion in mentoring junior engineers and improving the engineering craftsmanship!
What the job involves
- Robinhood’s products are powered by a multitude of powerful microservices working in unison
- In order for these microservices to work, they need to be able to locate and communicate with each other
- As the Service Discovery and Communication team, we build and deploy the fundamental systems that enable this real-time, inter-service communication all while being highly-scaleable, robust and reliable!
- The team builds with Go and Python as the main language and frameworks of choice with C++ being a bonus
- We also use Envoy for load balancing and global routing, Unbound and CoreDNS as our DNS, and gRPC for inter-service communication
- We also heavily utilize Kubernetes, AWS, service discovery and service mesh type systems
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help from a very technical lens
- This engineer will have true ownership, continuing to innovate to delight our users
- You will act as a mentor, problem solver, coder and work with other leaders in the team
- Contribute to and execute on the technical strategy, standards, and roadmap
- Design large scale, distributed systems within the team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability
- Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems
- Be a hands-on contributor for critical projects on the roadmap
- Mentor and up-level the team
- Contribute to open source projects
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
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 HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
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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