Robinhood
Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform
Toronto, Canada +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
New York, NY
About the job
Sets technical direction and leads initiatives to build shared platform frameworks, tooling, and libraries that make backend development more scalable, reliable, and efficient.
What you'll do
- Lead large-scale initiatives to improve backend development systems, frameworks, tooling, and shared libraries.
- Design long-term solutions and guide core tooling evolution, including static analysis, formatting, and service scaffolding.
- Partner across engineering teams, mentor engineers, and influence development practices and platform investments.
What they ask for
- Extensive experience building and scaling backend systems using Go and Python.
- Deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django, gRPC, or comparable systems in Go.
- Experience designing internal platforms, developer tooling, or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams.
Pay
CAD $200,000—$235,000 base salary
Tools
Go, Python, Django, gRPC, Bazel
AI focus
No AI development work is stated; AI tools are used to support parts of Robinhood’s recruiting process.
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