Senior Software Developer

Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood Markets was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood and its subsidiaries and affiliates are lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

With growth as the top priority...

The business is seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply.

About the team + role

The Compute Infrastructure Management, Orchestration team is responsible for providing a fully managed, standardized and scalable compute infrastructure. We maintain homegrown Kubernetes clusters that all Robinhood applications run on. Our job is to make this a seamless, zero-touch experience for fellow Robinhood engineers. Some of the initiatives that drive this includes:

• Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Management - making it easy and noiseless to create, delete, and upgrade clusters, as well as maintain and reconcile existing ones.
• Change Management System - providing a platform for other infra applications to continuously deploy and test their changes across our environments + unifying this experience across both application-level and infrastructure-level deployments
• Cost Efficiency - driving projects to reduce our compute usage
• Cloud Security - partnering with Security to reduce risk of compromise at the infrastructure level

We need a Senior Software Developer to help us craft the next generation of our compute layer that powers all of Robinhood engineering. We are a lean team that runs all of Robinhood’s Kubernetes infrastructure, and we aim to provide a first class platform for our engineers through automation, security by design, and a phenomenal developer experience.

The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.

What you’ll do

• Design and build large scale systems and automation that will forever change how we manage our infrastructure.
• Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems.
• Work on a small, highly collaborative team of mostly senior engineers
• Lead organization-wide collaboration for the team.
• Contribute to open source projects.

What you bring

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• You have strong expertise with Kubernetes, AWS
• You have familiarity with Kubernetes cluster management / upgrades, change management, load/e2e testing
• You have familiarity with Golang, Terraform, UNIX or Linux operating system fundamentals
• You are comfortable diagnosing and troubleshooting low-level operating system issues to large scale failures within AWS cloud environments

Our team is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming interview experience for all candidates. If you require a specific accommodation during the application or interview process due to a physical or mental condition, please complete this Applicant Accommodation Form to notify our team. The form should only be completed if you need a specific accommodation.

Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected salary range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed. This role is also eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood’s equity plan.

Toronto, ON

$140,000—$165,000 CAD

Click here to learn more about available Benefits, which vary by region and Robinhood entity.

We’re looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. If you’re ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission—we’d love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Robinhood embraces a diversity of backgrounds and experiences and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone. Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights. Please review the specific Robinhood Privacy Policy applicable to the country where you are applying.