Senior Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure

Join a leading fintech company that's democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood Markets was founded on a simple idea : that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood and its subsidiaries and affiliates are lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information.

Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

With growth as the top priority...

The business is seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future.

If you're invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world - we'd love to have you apply.

About the team + role

The Compute Infrastructure Management, Orchestration team is responsible for providing a fully managed, standardized and scalable compute infrastructure.

We maintain homegrown Kubernetes clusters that all Robinhood applications run on. Our job is to make this a seamless, zero-touch experience for fellow Robinhood engineers.

Some of the initiatives that drive this includes :

• Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Management - making it easy and noiseless to create, delete, and upgrade clusters, as well as maintain and reconcile existing ones.
• Change Management System - providing a platform for other infra applications to continuously deploy and test their changes across our environments + unifying this experience across both application-level and infrastructure-level deployments
• Cost Efficiency - driving projects to reduce our compute usage
• Cloud Security - partnering with Security to reduce risk of compromise at the infrastructure level

We need a Senior Software Developer to help us craft the next generation of our compute layer that powers all of Robinhood engineering.

We are a lean team that runs all of Robinhood's Kubernetes infrastructure, and we aim to provide a first class platform for our engineers through automation, security by design, and a phenomenal developer experience.

What you'll do

• Design and build large scale systems and automation that will forever change how we manage our infrastructure.
• Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems.
• Work on a small, highly collaborative team of mostly senior engineers
• Lead organization-wide collaboration for the team.
• Contribute to open source projects.

What you bring

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• You have strong expertise with Kubernetes, AWS
• You have familiarity with Kubernetes cluster management / upgrades, change management, load / e2e testing
• You have familiarity with Golang, Terraform, UNIX or Linux operating system fundamentals
• You are comfortable diagnosing and troubleshooting low-level operating system issues to large scale failures within AWS cloud environments

What we offer

• Market competitive and pay equity-focused compensation structure
• 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
• Annual lifestyle wallet for personal wellness, learning and development, and more!
• Lifetime maximum benefit for family forming and fertility benefits
• Dedicated mental health support for employees and eligible dependents
• Generous time away including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
• Lively office environment with catered meals, fully stocked kitchens, and geo-specific commuter benefits

Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands.

The expected salary range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones.

This role is also eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood's equity plan. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.

Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC)

$187,000-$220,000 USD

Zone 2 (Denver, CO; Westlake, TX; Chicago, IL)

$165,000-$194,000 USD

Zone 3 (Lake Mary, FL)

$146,000-$172,000 USD

Click here to learn more about available Benefits, which vary by region and Robinhood entity.

We're looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all.

If you're ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission-we'd love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting.

At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Robinhood embraces a diversity of backgrounds and experiences and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees.

We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone.

Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights.

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