Senior Software Engineer, Backend
$196k/y-$230k/y
Robinhood2 days ago
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OnsiteFull-timeSenior
Summary
Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join their team in Menlo Park, CA or New York, NY. The role involves designing and building large-scale distributed systems that support real-time trading and platform capabilities.
About the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building and evolving scalable backend systems, designing and implementing product-facing features, and leading technically complex projects. You will collaborate with frontend and data engineers to define REST APIs and mentor junior engineers, while also identifying opportunities to improve system performance and developer productivity.
About You
Required:
- 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.
Preferred:
- Strong technical judgment and the ability to prioritize work aligned with business and reliability goals.
- Ability to break down complex problems and deliver practical, high-quality solutions.
- Experience mentoring other engineers and contributing to technical direction on new initiatives.
Benefits
- Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
- 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents.
- Highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more.
- Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more.
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
Robinhood
Trade. Invest. Earn. rbnhd.co/social_media_disclosures
Menlo Park, CA