Robinhood
Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform
Toronto, Canada · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$235kDetected 8 days ago
PythonGoDjangoBackend DevelopmentgRPCSpark
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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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
- You define and lead large-scale initiatives that improve backend development systems, including frameworks, tooling, and shared libraries
- You design long-term technical solutions that support scalability, reliability, and maintainability across backend services
- You partner with engineering teams such as infrastructure, security, and product engineering to plan and execute platform improvements
- You mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that improves code quality, system design, and development practices
- If our mission energizes you and you're ready to build the future of finance, we look forward to seeing your application.
- AI Usage Disclosure: Robinhood uses artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our recruiting process.
Requirements
- You have deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django, gRPC or comparable systems in Go
- You have experience designing internal platforms, developer tooling (Bazel, etc), or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams
- 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
- $200,000 - $235,000 CAD
Benefits
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership
- Top tier benefits to fuel your work, including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
- Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible employer-paid benefits spending account expenses beyond traditional benefits such as wellness, childcare, learning, and more.
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, and more!
- Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in-office commuting costs
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.
- By improving development workflows, strengthening security practices, and standardizing how services are built and maintained, this team plays a critical role in how quickly and safely products reach customers.
Equal opportunity
- Robinhood provides equal opportunity for all applicants, offers reasonable accommodations upon request, and complies with applicable equal employment and privacy laws.
- The form should only be completed if you need a specific accommodation.
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