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Software Engineer, Backend

Robinhood is building products to democratize finance and is hiring backend software engineers to build and own services, infrastructure, and data that power core financial products. Engineers will tackle scalability and correctness challenges across brokerage, futures, and crypto domains while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-grade systems.

Skills

  • 2+ years software development experience
  • Proficiency in Go or Python
  • Experience with Kafka and data streaming architectures
  • Familiarity with Postgres, Kubernetes, Redis, and AWS (or similar cloud)
  • Experience processing and handling large datasets
  • Strong collaboration and cross-functional communication

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, test, and operate scalable backend services with strong correctness guarantees
  • Build platform and product-facing features, handling high throughput and large data volumes
  • Identify and drive performance, reliability, and productivity improvements across systems
  • Collaborate with product, client teams, and vendors to deliver end-to-end solutions
  • Participate in code reviews and maintain high standards for code quality and testing

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
  • Equivalent practical experience or bootcamp experience accepted

Benefits

  • Base pay plus bonus opportunities, equity, and comprehensive benefits
  • Total Rewards vary by region; detailed benefits information available on company careers site
  • Inclusive interview process and reasonable accommodations upon request
  • Opportunities to work on high-impact products and grow within a fast-moving company
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Robinhood is a leading financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The company was founded in 2013 and currently has 23.9 million funded customers, 13.7 million monthly active users, and $130 billion in assets under custody.

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Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Mental Health Resources
Life insurance
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DATE POSTED
September 29, 2025
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