Software Developer, Kubernetes Compute
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 build and maintain scalable container infrastructure using Kubernetes to support high throughput financial applications. You will help transition workloads safely to Amazon EKS and improve platform reliability through automation. You will optimize container lifecycle management and monitor cluster provisioning APIs for multi region stability. You will collaborate with engineering teams to integrate platform capabilities like service mesh authentication and load balancing. You will identify performance bottlenecks in production and write automation to enhance platform availability.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes core concepts, control plane components, and container environments.
- Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining distributed systems or containerized infrastructure in a production setting.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure environments, preferably AWS ecosystems.
- Basic knowledge of container networking, infrastructure security protocols, or open-source cloud-native tools.
- Strong collaborative communication skills and a desire to solve technical challenges systematically.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable container infrastructure using Kubernetes to support high throughput financial applications.
- Support the technical implementation and testing needed to transition workloads safely to Amazon EKS.
- Help optimize container lifecycle management and monitor cluster provisioning APIs for multi region stability.
- Collaborate with engineering teams across Robinhood to integrate platform capabilities like service mesh, authentication, and load balancing.
- Assist in identifying performance bottlenecks in production and write automation to enhance platform availability.
Benefits
- Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership
- Top tier benefits to fuel your work, including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
- Lifestyle wallet, a highly flexible employer paid benefits spending account that covers wellness childcare learning and more
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, and more
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces
- Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in-office commuting costs