Senior Software Engineer, Web3 Backend

Robinhood

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Hybrid

Quick summary

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

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Salary context

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 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $196,000–$230,000 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Web3 Backend

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join the team responsible for Robinhood’s next-generation crypto, web3, and wallet offerings. You will architect, build, and operate resilient, highly scalable distributed systems and backend services, providing technical leadership on large-scope engineering initiatives. Your daily work involves bridging traditional financial infrastructure, such as brokerage ledgers and corporate actions, with on-chain systems including smart contract integrations, chain indexers, and DEX trade flows. You will utilize Go, Python, or Java to develop cloud-native, event-driven architectures. The role requires deep expertise in system design, concurrency control, and correctness-critical systems like financial reconciliation and ledger consistency. You will solve complex distributed systems challenges to support non-custodial consumer products, self-custody experiences, and 24/7 trading of public and private equity on decentralized infrastructure.

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What you'll do

  • Architect, build, and operate resilient, highly scalable distributed systems and backend services for crypto and web3 offerings.
  • Drive the architectural strategy for bridging traditional financial infrastructure with on-chain systems and smart contract integrations.
  • Provide technical leadership on large-scope engineering initiatives by breaking down complex efforts into clear architectural milestones.
  • Partner with Product, Compliance, and Security teams to define technical roadmaps and deliver high-impact solutions.
  • Mentor engineers and lead rigorous design and code reviews to improve system reliability and operational rigor.
  • Ensure system correctness, fault tolerance, and auditability for platforms moving real customer assets continuously.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in software development designing and maintaining distributed systems at scale.
  • Deep expertise in backend development using Go, Python, or Java.
  • Advanced knowledge of cloud-native, event-driven architectures.
  • Mastery of system design, distributed data modeling, concurrency control, and scalability tradeoffs.
  • Architectural experience with correctness-critical systems including idempotency, financial reconciliation, and ledger consistency.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership experience mentoring engineers and driving alignment across cross-functional partners.
  • Strong interest or hands-on experience with blockchain fundamentals, smart contracts, wallets, or decentralized infrastructure.
  • Ability to work from the Menlo Park, CA or New York, NY offices at least 3 days per week.

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