Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform
Robinhood
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This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$219,125 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $213k versus about $185k for comparable roles.
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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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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Storage Platform team, you will build and operate the infrastructure powering database access across the organization. You will develop core components for data plane and control plane systems, including connection pooling, query routing, automation workflows, and observability tools to ensure reliable access at scale. Your daily work involves improving performance for relational databases like Postgres and Aurora, as well as key-value stores like DynamoDB and various caching clusters. To succeed, you must possess proficiency in Go or Rust, along with experience in AWS, Kubernetes, and containerized environments. You will also manage infrastructure tasks such as provisioning, configuration changes, and incident response. The role focuses on solving critical reliability and performance challenges for brokerage workloads while ensuring high availability during market hours through automated systems and robust engineering standards.
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