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Software Engineer, Proactive Capabilities

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Robinhood

Robinhood helps users invest in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies through commission-free trading with no minimum account requirements.

Maintainer signals as of 8/14/2026

United States
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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Candidate Availability

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will design, build, and scale engineering tools and services that improve security visibility, expand scan coverage, and reduce operational toil. You will deploy AI agents and security automation workflows, establish secure-by-default design patterns, participate in system reviews, and support critical security services through an on-call rotation.

Requirements

  • Software engineering fundamentals
  • Practical system design skills
  • Experience building scalable and reliable microservices and tools
  • Proficiency in Go or Python
  • Experience building and deploying services in cloud environments
  • AWS or equivalent GCP experience
  • Knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes
  • Understanding of the attacker lifecycle
  • Application security knowledge
  • Hands-on experience developing or integrating security tooling
  • Experience applying AI, LLMs, or agentic frameworks to security problems
  • Experience in developer productivity, security automation, or toil reduction
  • Application security experience
  • Advanced Kubernetes experience or experience building enterprise security platforms

Responsibilities

  • Build and scale reliable security tooling and services
  • Improve security visibility and expand scan coverage
  • Design and deploy AI agents and security automation workflows
  • Drive proactive security risk discovery and remediation
  • Establish secure-by-default software design patterns and paved paths
  • Participate in design and system reviews
  • Participate in an on-call rotation for critical security services

Benefits

  • Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs
  • Equity ownership
  • 401(k) matching
  • 100% paid health insurance for employees
  • 90% health insurance coverage for dependents
  • Lifestyle wallet for wellness and learning
  • Employer-paid life insurance
  • Employer-paid disability insurance
  • Fertility benefits
  • Mental health benefits
  • Company holidays
  • Paid time off
  • Sick time
  • Parental leave
  • Catered meals
  • Company events