Staff Software Engineer, Robinhood

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 3+ years technically leading large engineering organizations with multiple teams
• Strong technical judgment and expertise with a focus on reliability, scalability, and correctness
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and influence skills
• Strong partnership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to quickly learn complicated business domains in a highly regulated space
• Experience with teams that work in a highly-collaborative fashion and focus on optimizing for customer value

Desirable

• As the Tech Lead of Crypto Trading, you will act as a technical leader, systems architect, problem solver, coder and liaison to all engineering/product groups
• Creating and driving the area’s technical strategy and roadmap based on broad and deep understanding of the crypto domain and horizontal platforms
• Setting technical standards and making strategic technology choices
• Providing technical leadership via design reviews, project execution, and owning outcomes for the organization
• Up-leveling the overall crypto product architecture and designs
• Partnering with product to define the vision of crypto trading products
• Going deep into technical areas with a hands-on approach to root-cause tough issues
• Continuously improving the reliability and scalability of all services while holding the highest security standards
• Advancing the operational excellence, efficiency, and sustainability of all production services
• Mentoring senior and junior engineers and up-leveling the engineering organization
• Making hard tradeoffs between taking on or paying down technical debt while maintaining forward progress on new products and features
• Collaborating with other tech leaders across the company to ensure that Robinhood’s overall technical direction is coherent, effective, and efficient
• Recruiting Staff+ engineers for Robinhood

• 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

Total funding: $5.6bn

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.