Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

Robinhood

Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Bellevue, WA
Salary: $264,000–$310,000 / yr
Posted: 61 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

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This role $287k

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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 81 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $187,000–$220,000 across 81 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform

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As a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Robinhood’s Data Platform organization, you will lead technical initiatives and guide the architecture of distributed systems across storage, streaming, and data lake platforms. Your role involves designing complex systems such as database sharding, proxy-based query routing, and real-time event processing pipelines to support transactional, real-time, and analytical workloads for millions of users. You’ll collaborate with engineering leaders to ensure systems meet reliability, scalability, and performance requirements while driving new platform capabilities like next-generation streaming and data processing systems. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in building and scaling distributed systems, deep expertise in database systems like PostgreSQL or DynamoDB, and familiarity with modern data platforms such as Spark and Delta Lake.

Skills

PostgreSQL DynamoDB Kafka Flink Spark Delta Lake CI/CD Kubernetes Terraform Python Go Docker Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Lead architectural direction for storage, streaming, and data lake platforms.
Design and guide implementation of distributed systems like database sharding and proxy-based query routing.
Improve real-time data processing by evolving streaming and ingestion systems.
Define platform strategy and align roadmaps with engineering leaders across Robinhood.
Drive new platform capabilities through 0→1 initiatives in streaming, CDC, and data processing.

What we're looking for

Extensive experience building and scaling distributed systems.
Deep expertise in storage systems, streaming platforms, or large-scale data processing.
Strong understanding of database replication, sharding, and performance optimization.
Experience with streaming architectures using Kafka, Flink, or similar technologies.
Familiarity with modern data platforms like Spark, Delta Lake, and equivalent systems.
Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and define long-term architecture.

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