Robinhood

Robinhood

Staff Software Engineer, AI Security

Bellevue, WA; Menlo Park, CA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$230k-$270kDetected 10 days ago
PythonGoDistributed SystemsAWSKubernetesgRPCKafkaSparkAgentic AICybersecurityProblem Solving

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Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role80
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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About the role

  • If you're ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build a scalable AI platform that enables security teams to develop, deploy, and operate AI-powered agents and security capabilities
  • Build foundational platform services, APIs, libraries, and SDKs that make it easier for teams to integrate AI into security workflows
  • Design secure systems with strong identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, and data protection controls
  • Build and operate reliable, large-scale distributed systems that support AI-powered security use cases
  • Develop platform capabilities and guardrails that enable teams to safely build and operate AI agents
  • Partner with security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into reusable platform capabilities
  • Experience building AI platforms, AI infrastructure, or production systems that support AI-powered applications or agents
  • Experience designing and building reusable platform capabilities, APIs, libraries, or developer tooling
  • Ability to solve complex engineering problems and collaborate effectively across security and engineering teams
  • Access to the best AI tools on the market and continuous AI skill-building for every employee, technical or not.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • 6+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, with experience designing systems around security concepts such as authentication, authorization, identity, or encryption
  • Proficiency in Go or Python, with strong problem-solving and production debugging skills
  • Experience with cloud-native platforms and distributed systems technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, gRPC, or Kafka
  • Strong understanding of security fundamentals and experience incorporating security into the design of production systems
  • Proven experience delivering large engineering projects with meaningful, long-term impact
  • Strong technical judgment and the ability to make thoughtful trade-offs across security, reliability, scalability, and developer experience
  • Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.

Skills

  • Join us in building the future of finance.
  • An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades.
  • The largest transfer of wealth in human history.
  • About the team + role
  • Sharp problem-solvers.
  • Builders who are wired to make an impact.
  • Robinhood isn't a place for complacency, it's where ambitious people do the best work of their careers.
  • Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

Compensation

  • $230,000 - $270,000 USD
  • $203,000 - $238,000 USD
  • $180,000 - $211,000 USD

Benefits

  • Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
  • Top Tier benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
  • Lifestyle wallet - a 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!
  • In addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities + equity + benefits.
  • 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.

Company info

  • Our mission is to democratize finance for all.
  • We're a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do.
  • At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community.

Equal opportunity

  • Robinhood provides equal opportunity for all applicants, offers reasonable accommodations upon request, and complies with applicable equal employment and privacy laws.
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