Senior Software Engineer, Wallet

Robinhood

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust
Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Menlo Park, CANew York, NY
Salary
$196,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted
36 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $183k
This role $213k
$106k most similar roles pay here $248k

This role pays more than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $151,000–$215,250 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $213k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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 35 open roles on FindRole.

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

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Robinhood

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Wallet

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Robinhood Wallet team, you will build and own the backend services, infrastructure, and data systems that power products for cryptocurrency and tokenized stocks, including perpetual futures. You will design scalable architectures, maintain high-quality codebases, and develop product-facing features while collaborating with designers, security engineers, and external node providers to ensure reliable technical integrations. The role involves mentoring other engineers and leading architecture discussions to elevate engineering standards. To succeed, you must possess over five years of experience in software development, specifically utilizing Go, Python, or Java within cloud-native environments. You will apply expertise in system design and data modeling to solve complex problems at the intersection of traditional finance and web3, focusing on decentralized products that utilize DeFi protocols and blockchain technology for asset management.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.

See salary data

What you'll do

  • Design, build, test, and deploy scalable backend services to power Robinhood Wallet products.
  • Develop product-facing features and platform enhancements that meet strict correctness and scalability standards.
  • Identify and implement improvements for system performance, engineering productivity, and risk reduction.
  • Build secure infrastructure and data systems for cryptocurrency trading and tokenized stocks.
  • Collaborate with client engineers, security professionals, and external vendors to deliver technical integrations.
  • Mentor other engineers and raise team technical standards through design reviews and architecture discussions.
  • Lead the development of high-performance systems at the intersection of traditional finance and web3.

What we're looking for

  • At least 5 years of experience in software development.
  • Expertise in backend development using Go, Python, or Java.
  • Deep knowledge of cloud-native architectures and system design.
  • Proficiency in data modeling and core software engineering fundamentals.
  • Ability to simplify complex problems and make sound technical tradeoffs.
  • Proven track record of delivering high-quality products and mentoring other engineers.
  • Experience with DeFi protocols, crypto wallets, or blockchain-related companies is a plus.
  • Familiarity with EVM blockchains and smart contracts is preferred.

More like this

Similar roles

Software Engineer, Wallet

Robinhood

Menlo Park, CA +1 36 days ago $166,000$195,000
Go Python Java Cloud-native Architecture System Design Data Modeling DeFi Blockchain EVM Smart Contracts Backend Development
2+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer

Genworth Financial

Richmond, VA +1 61 days ago $96,700$145,000
Python Flask Azure PostgreSQL GitLab CI/CD DevSecOps JavaScript HTML CSS React Angular Vue Azure App Service Azure Synapse Pipelines SQL
5+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer

Datadog

96 days ago $192,000$240,000
Go Python C Redis Cassandra Kafka Data Pipelines AI Backend Systems Feature Flags Statistics
6+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer

Morningstar Inc

Chicago, IL 67 days ago
Python FastAPI Flask PostgreSQL SQL Server Weaviate Pinecone AWS S3 Aurora RDS Lambda Redis Celery Git CI/CD Pandas Plotly Matplotlib QlikView GraphQL LangGraph AutoGen OpenAI Anthropic MistralAI Transformers
5+ yrs exp Hybrid

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

Redmond, WA 58 days ago $119,800$234,700
C++ Win32 COM Windows Services WinRT RPC C C# ETW IPC RDP PCoIP ICA Kernel Driver Development Threading System APIs Telemetry Agile
4+ yrs exp

Senior Software Engineer

Mastercard

Salt Lake City, UT 11 days ago $115,000$184,000
Java Spring Boot Spring Integration React JavaScript Node.js RxJS HTML5 CSS SQL PostgreSQL AWS GCP Azure Docker Kubernetes TDD BDD REST SOAP
5+ yrs exp