Senior Software Engineer, Tokenization

Robinhood

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Menlo Park, CAToronto, Ontario, CanadaNew York, NY
Salary
$196,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted
26 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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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 50 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Tokenization

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Tokenization team, you will design and build core systems to issue, custody, and settle tokenized equities on-chain while maintaining synchronization with traditional brokerage and ledger systems. You will manage technically complex projects end-to-end, creating the connective tissue between market infrastructure and decentralized exchange trade flows. The role requires building backend services that ensure correctness and auditability for assets moving across multiple chains and jurisdictions. To succeed, you must possess over five years of experience in distributed systems and proficiency in Go, Python, or Java. You will work with cloud-native technologies including Kafka, Postgres, and Kubernetes. Additionally, the role demands expertise in blockchain fundamentals such as EVM, smart contracts, and wallets to solve problems at the intersection of blockchain technology and financial market infrastructure.

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What you'll do

  • Design, build, and operate backend services to mint, custody, and settle tokenized equities across multiple blockchains.
  • Manage complex projects from end-to-end, including design, implementation, rollout, and 24/7 operation.
  • Build integration layers between traditional brokerage systems and on-chain infrastructure like smart contracts and DEX trade flows.
  • Translate regulatory constraints into functional system designs in collaboration with legal and compliance teams.
  • Ensure high standards of correctness, auditability, and reconciliation for systems handling real customer assets.
  • Conduct design and code reviews to maintain technical standards across the engineering team.
  • Provide hands-on mentorship to other engineers to improve overall team performance.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • Proven track record of delivering large-scale distributed systems in production.
  • Expertise in backend development with Go, Python, or Java.
  • Deep familiarity with cloud-native architecture including Kafka, Postgres, and Kubernetes.
  • Strong instincts for correctness-critical systems such as idempotency and reconciliation.
  • Demonstrated ownership of ambiguous, cross-functional projects.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction.
  • Working knowledge of blockchain fundamentals like EVM, smart contracts, wallets, and on-chain settlement (or a strong appetite to learn).

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