Robinhood

Senior Software Engineer - Backend Infrastructure Platform

Menlo Park, CA Seattle, WA
USD 146k - 220k
Django Kubernetes AWS Microservices Go Python
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Description

Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood is lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

As we continue to build...

We’re seeking curious thinkers looking to co-author the next chapters of our story. Joining now means helping shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future.

About the team:

The preferred location for this position is in or around Robinhood's offices in Menlo Park, CA, Seattle, WA, New York City, NY with in-office work capabilities, as may be required by management, but remote work in limited geographies within the U.S. may be considered. Check with your recruiter for more information.

The mission of the Backend Platform team is to enable fast, safe and high quality backend service development at scale. We provide standardized languages, libraries, and architectural patterns, required to build backend systems at Robinhood.

We hope you will join us on our mission to enable engineers to build the very best for Robinhood users!

What you’ll do day-to-day:

  • Define architectural patterns for microservices
  • Develop core frameworks and libraries for re-use across backend services
  • Upgrade backend programming languages and third party dependencies
  • Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems.
  • Mentor and train junior engineers in the team.
  • Contribute to open source projects.

Bonus points:

  • Experience working on a platform team
  • Open source contributions to popular Go or Python projects

Technologies we use:

  • Python
  • Go
  • Django
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS

The expected salary range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. This role is also eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood’s equity plan.

US Zone 1: $187000 - $220000
US Zone 2: $165000 - $194000
US Zone 3: $146000 - $172000

Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. You can view comp zones for our US office locations in the table below. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.

Office locations (by comp zone)
US Zone 1: Menlo Park, NYC, Seattle, Washington DC 
US Zone 2: Denver, Westlake (Dallas), Chicago 
US Zone 3: Lake Mary


We’re looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. If you’re ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission—we’d love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Robinhood promotes diversity and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone. Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights. To review Robinhood's Privacy Policy please visit Robinhood - US Applicant Privacy Policy. If you are an an applicant located in the UK or EEA, please visit the Robinhood UK/EEA Applicant Privacy Policy.

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