Senior Penetration Tester

Robinhood

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Bellevue, WA
Salary: $187,000–$220,000 / yr
Posted: 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Robinhood

Robinhood is a financial technology company offering commission-free stock, ETF, options, and cryptocurrency trading through its mobile app, aimed at democratizing access to financial markets. Industry: Financial Technology & Investment App

Robinhood currently has 78 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $187,000–$220,000 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Penetration Tester

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As a Senior Penetration Tester at Robinhood, you will join the Offensive Security program within Security & Privacy Engineering to identify and mitigate security risks across internal applications. Your daily tasks include conducting application security assessments, building AI-assisted tools for enhanced testing coverage, and collaborating with engineering teams to implement fixes. You’ll work with Go and Python services, perform threat modeling, and contribute to the broader security community through publications and speaking engagements. The role requires expertise in penetration testing, application security principles, and experience with cloud environments like AWS or GCP. Additionally, familiarity with cryptocurrency and blockchain security is a plus, as you will address emerging threats and improve detection capabilities using AI technologies.

Skills

Go Python AWS Kubernetes Docker CI/CD LLM-based code review AI-driven fuzzing agentic recon pipelines Linux systems TCP/IP DNS JIRA GitHub Slack PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis OAuth OpenID Connect GraphQL REST APIs OAuth 2.0 SAML JSON Web Tokens OWASP Top Ten NIST Cybersecurity Framework

What you'll do

Perform application security assessments, including code reviews and manual penetration testing.
Build and operate AI-assisted tools to increase testing throughput and coverage.
Conduct threat modeling for high-impact systems and articulate security risk in business terms.
Collaborate on the triage of bug bounty submissions and validate critical vulnerabilities.
Research emerging threats and improve detection coverage through scripting and configuration.

What we're looking for

5+ years of experience in penetration testing, application security, or security engineering.
Proven ability to use AI tools as force multipliers in security work.
Proficiency in auditing and exploiting Go and Python services.
Strong understanding of application security principles and common vulnerability patterns.
Experience with vulnerability research, business logic flaws, and emerging threats targeting AI/ML systems.
Hands-on experience testing cloud environments and container orchestration platforms.

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