Robinhood
Staff Software Engineer, Backend Platform
$180K–$270K
New York, NY +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
Toronto, Canada
About the job
Lead technical direction and multi-team initiatives to build backend frameworks, shared libraries, static analysis, and developer tooling that improve the speed, safety, scalability, and reliability of backend development.
What you'll do
- Lead large-scale initiatives for backend development systems, including frameworks, tooling, and shared libraries.
- Design long-term solutions and guide core tooling evolution to improve scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Partner across engineering teams, mentor engineers, and influence engineering practices and platform investment plans.
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
$230,000 — $270,000 USD (base salary); $203,000 — $238,000 USD (base salary); $180,000 — $211,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Go, Python, Django, gRPC, Bazel
AI focus
Robinhood uses AI tools to support parts of its recruiting process; hiring decisions are made by hiring teams. The role itself does not state AI responsibilities.
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