Senior Software Engineer Backend
Robinhood helps users invest in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies through commission-free trading with no minimum account requirements.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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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
Design and build large-scale distributed systems supporting real-time trading, balances, and platform capabilities. Lead technically complex projects, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate with frontend and data engineers on well-structured APIs.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience.
- 3+ years of experience building low-latency, large-scale distributed systems in production environments.
- Experience designing and operating highly concurrent systems and well-structured REST APIs.
- Demonstrated ownership of large projects with sustained impact on a system or team.
- Strong technical judgment and ability to prioritize work aligned with business and reliability goals.
- Ability to break down complex problems and deliver practical, high-quality solutions.
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction on new initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve scalable backend systems with strong performance, reliability, and maintainability.
- Design, implement, test, and release product-facing features with strict correctness and availability requirements.
- Partner with frontend and data engineers to define and refine REST APIs serving millions of customers.
- Lead large, technically complex projects from design through execution.
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on technical guidance.
- Identify opportunities to improve system performance, developer productivity, and operational risk.
Benefits
- Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
- Performance-driven compensation with multipliers, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
- 100% paid employee health insurance with 90% dependent coverage.
- Flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and more.
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
- Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more.
- Catered meals, events, and comfortable office workspaces.
