Robinhood
Senior Staff Software Developer, Core Infrastructure
Toronto, Canada +2 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 21, 2026
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
Bellevue, WA
Menlo Park, CA
About the job
Own the architectural evolution of Robinhood’s core infrastructure platform, including service connectivity, Kubernetes compute, and infrastructure provisioning.
What you'll do
- Evolve Istio and Envoy service mesh architecture and build networking foundations for multi-region operation.
- Set the direction for Kubernetes compute and redesign Terraform provisioning as a scalable, self-service platform.
- Lead infrastructure architecture decisions across teams and diagnose issues at source level, contributing upstream where useful.
What they ask for
- Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes internals.
- Deep source-level knowledge of Istio and/or Envoy, including the xDS API.
- HTTP/2 and gRPC wire-level knowledge.
- Terraform at architectural scale, production Go or Python, and demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional architectural change.
Pay
$234,000 — $275,000 CAD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Istio, Envoy, HTTP/2, gRPC, Terraform, Go, Python
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