Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes Compute

Robinhood

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Bellevue, WA
Salary
$196,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted
52 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $176k
This role $213k
$107k most similar roles pay here $243k

This role pays more than 81% of similar roles. Most pay $149,462–$202,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $213k versus about $176k for comparable roles.

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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 35 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 35 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes Compute

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Compute team within the Software Platform group, you will build and operate a highly available, scalable Kubernetes-powered container platform to support high-throughput financial applications. Your daily responsibilities include designing resilient container infrastructure, managing cluster provisioning APIs for multi-region reliability, and executing the technical migration of core workloads to Amazon EKS while ensuring zero-downtime deployments. You will collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to integrate essential capabilities such as service mesh, authentication, and load balancing. To succeed, you must possess strong proficiency in Kubernetes control plane and data plane components, experience managing large-scale distributed systems, and familiarity with AWS services and cloud-native tools. Your work focuses on solving infrastructure scalability and reliability challenges by optimizing container lifecycle management and networking protocols within a production environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate scalable Kubernetes infrastructure to support high-throughput financial applications.
  • Execute the technical migration of core workloads to Amazon EKS while ensuring zero-downtime deployments.
  • Optimize container lifecycle management, networking infrastructure, and cluster provisioning APIs for multi-region reliability.
  • Integrate core platform capabilities such as service mesh, authentication, and load balancing into internal systems.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks in production environments and implement automated solutions to improve availability.
  • Provide technical guidance to team members while systematically planning and executing complex technical projects.

What we're looking for

  • Proficiency with Kubernetes control plane and data plane components including container lifecycle management.
  • Experience managing large-scale distributed systems or containerized platforms in production environments.
  • Familiarity with AWS services and managed container environments like Amazon EKS.
  • Knowledge of container networking concepts, cluster security protocols, and open-source cloud-native tools.
  • Ability to plan and execute technical projects while providing guidance to team members.

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