Senior Staff Software Security Engineer

Robinhood

Confirmed live 2 days ago High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Bellevue, WAMenlo Park, CA
Salary
$247,000–$290,000 / yr
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $197k
This role $268k
$144k most similar roles pay here $306k

This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $167,037–$227,725 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $268k versus about $197k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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 35 open roles on FindRole.

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

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Software Security Engineer

As a Senior Staff Software Security Engineer on the Security Engineering team, you will serve as a high-level individual contributor across infrastructure, cloud, cryptography, identity management, and detection systems. You will define cross-domain technical strategies, build security architecture for emerging AI technologies and agentic experiences, and drive major initiatives from concept to production. This role requires writing code and landing production systems while providing mentorship and architectural guidance to other engineers. You must possess deep expertise in Identity & Access Management or Cryptography, alongside a broad understanding of cloud and infrastructure security. The position focuses on solving complex technical problems within the financial sector, specifically building secure foundations for internal automation and production AI capabilities. You will navigate ambiguity to create actionable roadmaps while ensuring all architectural decisions remain grounded in operational reality.

What you'll do

  • Define cross-domain technical strategy and architectural direction across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and detection systems.
  • Establish and evolve security foundations for emerging AI technologies and agentic use cases.
  • Identify high-impact technical problems and drive major initiatives from initial concept through production.
  • Write code and deploy production systems to solve complex security challenges directly.
  • Partner with leadership to resolve technical trade-offs and align roadmaps across multiple teams.
  • Provide mentorship and architectural guidance to raise the technical bar for engineers across the organization.
  • Maintain close proximity to production environments to ensure security decisions remain grounded in operational reality.

What we're looking for

  • Proven track record of technical leadership at organizational scale to drive strategy across large groups of engineers.
  • Deep technical expertise in Identity & Access Management (IAM) and/or Cryptography.
  • Broad security engineering knowledge across Cloud, Infrastructure, Platform, and Detection & Response domains.
  • Strong software or security engineering foundation with hands-on experience building and operating production systems.
  • Ability to identify unstructured technical problems and create actionable roadmaps independently.
  • Excellent communication skills and a track record of mentoring both junior and senior engineers.
  • Preferred experience securing AI infrastructure, LLM integrations, or agentic automation frameworks.

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