Software Engineer

Robinhood

Hybrid Actively hiring Posted today Verified listing

Menlo Park, CA Posted 1 day ago $161,637–$195,000 / year

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This role pays less than 51% of similar roles. Most pay $142,450–$213,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $178k versus about $178k for comparable roles.

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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 78 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $187,000–$220,000 across 77 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR

Join a team of sharp problem-solvers as a Software Engineer, where you will design and develop scalable infrastructure systems supporting core product functionality and internal services. Your day-to-day involves building and maintaining platforms that enable efficient software development, testing, and deployment while ensuring system reliability and performance through continuous improvement and adherence to engineering best practices. You will work with GoLang, Python, or Scala, Kubernetes or Docker, AWS services like EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB, and CI/CD tools such as Buildkite, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions. This role demands a Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field with one year of relevant experience, focusing on large-scale systems that require robust infrastructure solutions to support business-critical workloads.

Skills

Go Python Kubernetes Docker Terraform EC2 S3 IAM VPC CloudFormation Prometheus Grafana Buildkite Jenkins GitHub Actions PostgreSQL Redis DynamoDB CI/CD

What you'll do

Design and develop scalable, highly available infrastructure systems for core product functionality.
Build and maintain internal platforms to enable reliable software development and deployment.
Own the full lifecycle of infrastructure components from design through continuous improvement.
Improve system reliability by identifying bottlenecks and implementing engineering best practices.
Participate in on-call rotations and incident response to ensure production stability and availability.

What we're looking for

Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field with 1 year of relevant experience.
Proficiency in GoLang, Python, Scala, and Kubernetes/Docker.
Experience with AWS services like EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Terraform/CloudFormation.
Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog.
Expertise in CI/CD tools including Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.
Strong background in database technologies like PostgreSQL, Redis, DynamoDB.

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