Software Engineer, Robinhood
$161.6-195k
+ Eligible for bonus opportunities + Equity
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$161.6-195k
+ Eligible for bonus opportunities + Equity
3+ days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered or related occupation
- Education and/or experience must include:
- GoLang, Python, or Scala
- Kubernetes or Docker
- EC2, S3, IAM, or VPC
- Terraform or CloudFormation
- Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog
- Buildkite, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions; and
- PostgreSQL, Redis, or DynamoDB
- Background checks required
What the job involves
- 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
- We're looking for an exceptional Software Engineer to help shape the future of our core platforms, products, and customer experiences
- FinTech is one of the most complex and rapidly evolving spaces in technology, and the challenges we're tackling require deep innovation, critical thinking, and scale that don't always have strong precedents
- You'll take on a highly influential role shaping vision and execution across key strategic initiatives. You'll partner with cross-functional leaders, contribute to high-impact decisions, guide complex projects from concept to completion, and mentor others on the team
- This is a role for someone who leverages modern tools and cutting-edge methodologies as a core part of how they solve problems, and raises the bar for everyone around them
- Design, develop, and operate scalable, highly available infrastructure systems that support core product functionality and internal services
- Build, maintain, and evolve internal platforms, shared services, and tooling that enable reliable, efficient software development, testing, and deployment
- Own infrastructure components throughout their full lifecycle, including requirements definition, design, implementation, deployment, production support, and continuous improvement
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to support business-critical workloads, platform capabilities, and system integrations
- Improve system reliability, performance, observability, and automation by identifying bottlenecks, reducing operational risk, and implementing engineering best practices
- Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation efforts to ensure production system stability and availability
- Monitor production systems and infrastructure to identify issues, validate system health, and support capacity planning and scaling needs
- Ensure infrastructure systems meet security, compliance, and operational standards in production environments
- Document system designs, operational procedures, and changes to support maintainability and knowledge sharing
- Telecommuting Permitted
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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