Senior Software Developer, Infrastructure
Robinhood helps users invest in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies through commission-free trading with no minimum account requirements.
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About Robinhood
Robinhood helps retail investors access financial markets through commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies. With it, users can invest with no account minimums, earn rewards through retirement accounts with matching contributions, and access advanced trading tools. Robinhood democratizes investing by making financial markets accessible to everyone, not just wealthy investors.
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About the Role
You will lead the design and delivery of infrastructure platforms, services, and tooling that support large-scale application development. You will take ownership of complex technical projects from design through production rollout, contribute code in languages like Go and Python, design and improve Kubernetes-based systems, provision and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS, diagnose and resolve high-impact issues in distributed systems, and mentor engineers while guiding architectural decisions.
Requirements
- Significant experience building backend or infrastructure systems using Go Python or similar
- Strong experience with Kubernetes
- Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform
- Experience leading technical projects and guiding architectural decisions
- Experience mentoring engineers
Responsibilities
- Lead design and implementation of infrastructure platforms services and tooling
- Own and deliver complex multi-phase technical projects from design through production
- Develop backend systems and shared services using Go Python or similar languages
- Design and improve Kubernetes-based systems including cluster architecture and controllers
- Provision optimize and scale cloud infrastructure across AWS environments
- Diagnose and resolve high-impact issues across distributed systems to improve reliability and performance
- Mentor engineers and guide architectural decisions
Benefits
- Bonus programs
- Equity ownership
- Supplemental health insurance
- Ancillary insurance
- Mental health support programs
- Lifestyle wallet employer-paid benefits spending account
- Paid time off company holidays sick time paid volunteer time off parental leave
- Catered meals events and comfortable workspaces
- Monthly commuter stipend
