Senior Software Engineer, Robinhood
Growth
CA$145-170k
+ Equity plan + Bonus plan
Commission-free stock trading platform
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$145-170k
+ Equity plan + Bonus plan
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of software development experience
- 3+ years experience writing low latency, large scale distributed systems
- You tackle challenges with tenacity and creativity
- You take pride in executing excellently and quickly
- You can balance strategic thinking with execution, making thoughtful trade-offs to deliver results
- A life philosophy of continuous improvement: you are always pushing yourself and your peers to raise the bar
- You are passionate about building cultures of excellence, trust, and shared success
- Mentor junior developers on the team and lead project of large complexity
What the job involves
- The incentives team’s mission is to empower every Robinhood customer to take meaningful financial actions through smart, personalized, and scalable incentives that drive long-term engagement and business growth
- We’re a cross-functional team owning both the product and platform layers of incentives—powering critical growth and engagement across Robinhood’s suite of products
- Product Track – Build user-facing experiences that deliver the right incentive to the right customer at the right time
- Platform Track – Design scalable infrastructure and APIs to enable experimentation, targeting, and measurement across all incentive types and surfaces
- You’ll collaborate with product, data science, design, marketing, and other engineering teams to make incentives a strategic growth lever for Robinhood. 2025 will be a year of both new build and unprecedented scale
- Join us and be part of history
- Design and build backend services to support personalized and scalable incentive experiences
- Contribute to system architecture and long-term technical strategy for our incentives platform
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define and implement new incentive types and targeting logic
- Drive experimentation and measurement through robust logging, analytics, and A/B testing capabilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of features—from ideation and design to launch and iteration
- Ensure system reliability, performance, and security at scale
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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