Senior Web Engineer, Robinhood
Legend
$196-230k
+ Bonus & Equity
3+ days a week in office
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$196-230k
+ Bonus & Equity
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in web development with a focus on infrastructure, tooling, or platform engineering
- Strong programming skills in JavaScript, TypeScript, and at least one other language
- Experience working on or closely with frontend infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, build systems, or internal tools
- Demonstrated ability to reduce developer friction and increase engineering productivity through technical solutions
- Comfortable working in complex developer ecosystems with hundreds of developers as stakeholders (experience with Bazel or similar build tools is a plus)
- A mindset for building meta-level systems and tools that make other engineers more effective
What the job involves
- As a Senior Web Engineer, performance is your mandate. You'll set the standard for what a web-based trading platform can be — going deep on JavaScript internals, browser rendering pipelines, and real-time data optimization to make Legend the fastest, most responsive platform of its kind
- For active traders, milliseconds matter, and you'll own the work that ensures Legend never gets in their way
- This is a performance-first role. You'll lead the initiatives that make Legend faster and more efficient, while also contributing to feature development across core trading surfaces where your performance expertise has the greatest impact
- The work balances deep technical execution with meaningful cross-functional partnership
- Lead web performance across Legend — profiling, diagnosing, and shipping measurable improvements to speed, responsiveness, and runtime efficiency platform-wide
- Go deep on JavaScript internals, browser rendering pipelines, and real-time data handling to deliver a best-in-class experience for active traders
- Build and optimize high-frequency, real-time UI components that handle streaming market data without compromising frame rate or user experience
- Establish performance benchmarks and monitoring systems that create a repeatable, lasting standard for the team
- Drive a performance-first culture through code reviews, technical documentation, and engineering standards
- Contribute to end-to-end feature development across Legend's core trading surfaces, applying your performance expertise where it matters most
- Partner with product, design, and backend engineers to deliver polished, reliable experiences at scale
- Participate in roadmap planning and help scope technical work, balancing feature delivery with ongoing platform health
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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