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

As a Software Engineer at Menlo Park, you will join a team of sharp problem-solvers to design and develop highly available infrastructure systems that support core product functionality. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building internal platforms and shared services using GoLang, Python, or Scala, while leveraging Kubernetes, Docker, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Terraform, CloudFormation, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Redis, and DynamoDB. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system reliability, performance, observability, and automation, participating in on-call rotations and incident response to maintain production stability. This role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field and three years of relevant experience, focusing on scalable infrastructure solutions for large-scale applications.

Skills

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

What you'll do

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

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 3 years of experience.
Proficiency in GoLang, Python, Scala, Kubernetes/Docker.
Experience with AWS services like EC2, S3, IAM, VPC.
Knowledge of infrastructure as code tools: Terraform, CloudFormation.
Expertise in monitoring and observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog.
Familiarity with CI/CD platforms: Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions.

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