Robinhood
Senior Software Engineer, Backend
$153K–$230K
Menlo Park, CA +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 27, 2025
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY
Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY - Experience
- 5+ years of professional software development experience; 3+ years building low-latency, large-scale distributed systems in production environments.
About the job
Build and operate large-scale backend systems and APIs supporting Robinhood’s financial products, including real-time trading and balances.
What you'll do
- Build, test, and release scalable backend features with high correctness and availability requirements.
- Define REST APIs with frontend and data engineers, and lead complex projects from design through execution.
- Improve performance and operational safety, and mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Experience building low-latency, large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Experience designing and operating highly concurrent systems and REST APIs.
- Ownership of large projects with sustained impact; technical judgment and ability to deliver practical solutions.
- Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical direction.
Pay
$196,000 — $230,000 USD (base salary); $172,000 — $202,000 USD (base salary); $153,000 — $179,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
REST APIs
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