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Staff Software Engineer, Reliability

Robinhood

$169,000 - $255,000
Jul 31, 2025
Menlo Park, CA, US
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The business is seeking to build reliable, scalable, and secure systems to power millions of users.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in programming languages such as Python/Go/C++
  • Expertise in operating systems (Linux/Unix), networking, and troubleshooting sophisticated production issues in high-availability environments
  • Experience with applications including brokerage, crypto and money
  • Experience with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
  • Experience with Incident metrics (Mean Time To Detect and Mean Time To Resolve)
  • Experience with Production Readiness Review (PRR)
  • Experience with black box monitoring, canary, testing infrastructure, and staging environment

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain large-scale systems that power Robinhood’s platform, infrastructure, and core services
  • Write and review high-quality code, create capacity and scaling plans, and debug complex, real-time issues in mission-critical systems used by millions of customers
  • Take ownership of system reliability by participating in on-call rotations, proactively addressing potential issues, and driving long-term improvements to reduce downtime
  • Collaborate with industry-leading engineers to develop scalable tools and infrastructure that meet Robinhood’s growing demands
  • Drive innovation by optimizing infrastructure for reliability and cost-efficiency, supporting Robinhood’s mission to democratize finance for all at a global scale
  • Lead by example, mentoring teammates, promoting best practices, and fostering a culture focused on operational excellence and system resilience
  • Build systems of reliability, centralized tooling and ensure proper focus for the team

Other

  • 8+ years experience in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale, distributed systems
  • A track record of mentoring team members, fostering collaboration, and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement
  • Market competitive and pay equity-focused compensation structure
  • 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
  • Annual lifestyle wallet for personal wellness, learning and development, and more!
  • Lifetime maximum benefit for family forming and fertility benefits
  • Dedicated mental health support for employees and eligible dependents
  • Generous time away including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!