Software Engineering Intern, Robinhood
Backend, Summer 2027
Hourly rate: $60 USD
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
Hourly rate: $60 USD
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree-seeking program with an expected graduation date of Winter 2027 or Spring 2028
- Strong CS fundamentals and deep understanding of best coding practices
- Solid communication skills and an ability to drive large projects forward in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
- Passion and interest in financial technology and building fintech products and services
- Prior software engineering experience from internships, hackathons, or personal projects
- Familiarity with Python/Django or Go, and an understanding of relational databases and transactions
What the job involves
- We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world's biggest financial problems
- We're looking for bold thinkers
- Sharp problem-solvers
- Builders who are wired to make an impact
- Robinhood isn't a place for complacency, it's where ambitious people do the best work of their careers
- We're a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do
- Expectations are high, and so are the rewards
- Our backend engineers sit at the core of how Robinhood works — powering the financial products that millions of people rely on every day
- We build and scale the services, infrastructure, and data systems behind brokerage, crypto, payments, and more
- We move fast, hold high standards, and solve problems that actually matter — at a scale that very few engineers ever get the chance to touch
- As a Software Engineering Intern, Backend, you won't be on the sidelines — you'll own a meaningful project end-to-end, from initial scoping through to production
- You'll be embedded on a real team, working directly with experienced engineers, diving deep into how the US financial system actually operates, and shipping software that meets the correctness and scale requirements of a live financial platform
- This is a summer where you'll leave with real impact to show for it!
- Own a high-impact backend project from initial scoping through launch — you'll drive the work, not just support it
- Partner with a dedicated mentor who will guide you from onboarding through shipping, deepening your understanding of our tech stack and financial domain along the way
- Design, build, test, and release software solutions that meet the correctness and scalability requirements of a real financial platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Robinhood to solve critical problems that span the organization
- Maintain and scale an existing codebase using technologies such as Python/Django, Go, PostgreSQL, Kafka, Redis, Memcached, AWS, and Kubernetes
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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