Robinhood · 11 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
Menlo Park, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$187K/yr - $220K/yr
5+ years expRobinhood is on a mission to democratize finance for all, focusing on building a robust platform for trading and custody in the cryptocurrency space. The Senior Software Engineer, Backend will develop scalable systems, collaborate with teams, and mentor junior developers to enhance system performance and maintainability.
CryptocurrencyFinTechPrediction MarketsStock ExchangesTrading Platform
Responsibilities
Build scalable systems and components, making the right tradeoffs to account for stability and long-term maintainability
Design, write, test, and release product-facing features with stringent correctness and scalability requirements
Collaborate with our frontend and data teams to fine tune our REST APIs supporting millions of customers
Mentor junior developers on the team and lead project of large complexity
Identify opportunities to improve system performance, team productivity and reduce risk
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software development experience
3+ years experience writing low latency, large scale distributed systems
Familiarity with writing highly concurrent systems and good intuition for REST API design
Proven experience working on large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team
Strong technical grasp with excellent judgment on task prioritizations
Ability to solve complex engineering problems that deliver results aligned with team objectives
Ability to mentor junior developers and lead the team technically on new initiatives and system improvements
Benefits
Bonus opportunities
Equity
Benefits
Company
Robinhood
Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.23BKey Investors
Emergent Fidelity TechnologiesRibbit CapitalD1 Capital Partners
2022-05-13Post Ipo Secondary· $648.29M
2021-07-29IPO
2021-02-01Private Equity· $2.4B
Leadership Team
Vlad Tenev
Co-Founder, Chairman, CEO
Kamal Boparai
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