As a Senior Software Engineer on the Storage Platform team at Robinhood, you will focus on building and improving core infrastructure that powers database access across the company. Your daily tasks include developing key components of data plane and control plane systems such as connection pooling, query routing, and automation workflows to enhance reliability and performance. You’ll also work on reducing operational overhead through automation and enhancing observability by implementing metrics, logs, and alerts for faster incident response. The role requires strong experience with backend or infrastructure systems in production environments, proficiency in languages like Go or Rust, and hands-on skills with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes) and system observability practices. This position is crucial for managing thousands of databases and caching clusters supporting millions of users, ensuring high availability and strict uptime targets during market hours.
Build and ship services to improve database reliability and performance.
Implement automation for provisioning, configuration changes, backups, and routine operations of databases.
Enhance observability by adding metrics, logs, and alerts for storage systems.
Diagnose and resolve production issues related to latency, capacity constraints, and availability.
Contribute to engineering standards for secure database connectivity and usage guardrails.
What we're looking for
Strong experience building and operating backend or infrastructure systems in production environments.
Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL, relational database concepts, schema design, indexing, query performance, and replication fundamentals.
Proficiency in Go or Rust with the ability to quickly learn existing codebases.
Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes, including hands-on operational skills for on-call duties and incident response.
Familiarity with system observability practices, metrics, dashboards, logs, tracing, and performance measurement.
Market check
Salary context
This
$196,000–$230,000
range sits above
65%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$166,000–$230,000
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$163,416–$225,000
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
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
56 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$191,000–$225,000
across 55 roles with salary data.