Staff Software Engineer, Robinhood
Backend Platform
$230-270k
+ Bonus opportunities and equity
3+ days a week in office
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
Be an early applicant
Commission-free stock trading & investing app
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$230-270k
+ Bonus opportunities and equity
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact
- You have extensive experience building and scaling backend systems using Go and Python
- You have deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django, gRPC or comparable systems in Go
- You have experience designing internal platforms, developer tooling (Bazel, etc), or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams
- You have demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams
- You are committed to improving developer workflows, system quality, and maintainability through thoughtful design
What the job involves
- We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems
- 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
- The Backend Platform team’s mission is to enable fast, safe, and reliable backend development at scale
- The team builds and maintains shared frameworks, libraries, and tooling that support hundreds of engineers working across backend services
- By improving development workflows, strengthening security practices, and standardizing how services are built and maintained, this team plays a critical role in how quickly and safely products reach customers
- You will help shape the foundation that backend engineers rely on every day!
- As a Staff Software Developer, you will set technical direction and lead large, multi-team initiatives that improve how backend systems are developed and operated
- You will design and guide adoption of platform capabilities such as service frameworks, static analysis systems, and developer tooling
- This role focuses on solving complex system-level challenges, influencing engineering practices across teams, and ensuring long-term scalability and reliability of backend development
- You will also support engineers through technical guidance and contribute to planning and execution of major platform investments!
- You define and lead large-scale initiatives that improve backend development systems, including frameworks, tooling, and shared libraries
- You design long-term technical solutions that support scalability, reliability, and maintainability across backend services
- You guide the evolution of core tooling such as static analysis, formatting systems, and service scaffolding used across the codebase
- You partner with engineering teams such as infrastructure, security, and product engineering to plan and execute platform improvements
- You mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that improves code quality, system design, and development practices
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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