Senior Software Engineer, Robinhood
Load and Fault
$217-255k
Plus eligible for company bonus and equity
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$217-255k
Plus eligible for company bonus and equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience building and leading the design and implementation of critical infrastructure systems and services in a microservices architecture
- Experience working on Kubernetes and familiarity with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Exposure with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or Buildkite
- Exposure to load and scale testing platforms and functional testing in staging or pre-production environments
- Passion for building solutions to counter significant challenges related to scalability
- Familiarity with storage and caching systems like postgres, redis and dynamodb
- Passion in mentoring other engineers and improving the engineering craftsmanship
What the job involves
- We’re seeking curious, growth minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply
- The Load and Fault team at Robinhood, builds out a platform that empowers all of engineering at Robinhood. Using live market data, engineers are able to truly simulate the load on the products they develop
- With a complex and distributed system, engineers can test the capacity, the load it can handle, and ensure their products remain reliable for the future!
- We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer, with proven experience in the infrastructure domain, to join the team and help design large-scale systems, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability of Load and Fault Engineering at Robinhood
- Design large-scale systems within the team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability
- Set up and drive technical directions of projects while also driving long term vision and strategy
- Supporting core backend systems for the team and helping build out new greenfield initiatives
- Partner cross functionally to ensure teams are set up for success in regards to their testing and use of the product
- Ensure maintaining resiliency for services with high traffic
- Mentor and up-level the team
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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