Staff Software Engineer, Robinhood
Experimentation Platform
$217-255k
+ Bonus and equity
More information about location
Office located in Menlo Park, CA
Commission-free stock trading platform
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$217-255k
+ Bonus and equity
More information about location
Office located in Menlo Park, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- Have built and led feature development on an industry leading experimentation platform for a scaled organization
- 6+ years experience and are a proven staff engineer with experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team
- Consistent track record of working closely with data scientists, understanding their needs, and translating sophisticated data science models into production-level code. You can effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical partners and collaborate across teams to achieve shared objectives
- Solid understanding of the scientific principles behind experimentation, including but not limited to A/B testing, hypothesis testing, and statistical analysis. You are adept at implementing and interpreting experiments designed by data scientists to guide product development and decision-making processes
- Experience working with Bazel, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Postgres, Airflow and Presto
- Passion for mentoring junior engineers and improving the engineering craftsmanship, while also providing guidance and mentorship to senior engineers to foster continuous growth and excellence in the team
What the job involves
- Robinhood has an expansive experimentation platform, Kaizen, and SerVars, our Dynamic Configuration platform
- We are looking for a Team Lead to help us grow from our current walk stage of the offerings to aspirational leap/fly stages. If you are passionate and have built experimentation platforms at scale, and believe that experimentation is pivotal to significant product growth, we would love to talk to you about technically leading the team!
- Using these services, Robinhood is able to run significant experiments to identify new and novel ways to continue to democratize finance! These services are widely used across the company and reach up to 300K TPS!
- We build the service in modern Python, Go, React and work very closely with multi-functional partners to ship features daily. It's an exciting team where you work closely with your customers, using feedback to continuously iterate on a significant product
- Build and own core features of some of Robinhood's most heavily trafficked services!
- Craft large scale systems within a team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability
- Work with multi-functional teams to understand their needs and build systems that help us reach company wide goals to improve bottom line metrics such as revenue, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency
- Mentor both formally and informally engineers and data scientists at Robinhood, define and formalize the architecture design process and guide the overall architectural direction
- Be a champion for engineering excellence, improve operational efficiency of the team and drive these initiatives across the organization
Otta's take
Sam Franklin
CEO of Otta
For years, traditional brokers ruled the share trading realm, charging hefty fees that locked out everyday investors. Robinhood emerged as a disruptor, offering commission-free trading and opening the door to a new generation. Its innovative model thrives on premium features like increased buying power and extended trading hours, attracting a younger audience drawn to meme stocks like AMC and GameStop.
But Robinhood's not just about quick thrills. The company claims its mission lies in catering to "the unmet needs of the next generation," evidenced by its "Robinhood Retirement" launch, targeting gig-economy workers often excluded from financial planning. This commitment to accessibility aligns with its core values.
However, 2023 brought unexpected turbulence, as Robinhood became entangled in the FTX cryptocurrency exchange bankruptcy scandal when it emerged that the US Department of Justice seized hundreds of millions of dollars of the company's shares tied to FTX founder Bankman-Fried. Despite these challenges, Robinhood successfully bought back the missing stock, and its impact on democratizing finance remains undeniable.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
39% female employees
-23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 13 rounds)
Feb 2021
$2.4bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jan 2021
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $5.6bn
Company benefits
- Well-being - Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Family & home life - Parental leave, personal prosperity benefits
- Comfort & care - Annual lifestyle stipend
- Office life - Catered meals and fully stocked kitchen, commuter benefits
- Growth - Education and training, community events, career mentorships
Company values
- Safety First: Robinhood is a safety-first company
- Participation is Power: At Robinhood, the rich don’t get a better deal
- Radical Customer Focus: We exist to make our customers happy
- First-Principles Thinking: We make bold bets and challenge the status quo
Company HQ
Downtown Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA
Founders
Vlad Tenev
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics at Stanford University, where they met their fellow co-founder. Dropped out of a PhD to start Robinhood.
Baiju B.
(Co-Founder)Studied Mathematics and Physics at Stanford University, where they met their fellow co-founder.
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