Web Developer, Robinhood
Web Platform
Commission-free stock trading platform
Job no longer available
Commission-free stock trading platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To democratize finance for all.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of full-time professional experience with modern Web standards, technologies, and frameworks
- Comfortable in a monorepo environment and understand its benefits and costs
- Skilled at writing and efficiently debugging JavaScript in Node and browser environments
- Obsessed with building a best-in-class developer experience
- Have a track record of successfully leading projects and delivering large scope technical projects at scale
- Constantly setting a high standard for code quality, advocating for best practices in testing, and improving code review processes
- Deeply understand broad development and product disciplines so that you can work effectively across functions and skill sets
What the job involves
- The Web Platform Team is the driver for the vision of web development at Robinhood. Our team exists to deliver a healthy and resilient web platform at scale
- We’re looking for a seasoned web developer who is excited to build a world-class platform and industry-leading developer experience
- As a Web Platform developer team member, you’ll be working with colleagues that have a diverse set of skills, operating across large-scale horizontal projects that drive impact via leverage
- Your customers are Robinhood’s web developers who build out our product, internal tools, and marketing sites
- Effectively work across a large Bazel monorepo
- Work across client, server, architecture, and infrastructure that powers all of our web products. This includes the Robinhood web app, our brand sites, and web-based internal tooling
- Ship libraries, frameworks, and abstractions to materially accelerate our web developers’ velocity
- Measure and test your work, quantifying impact through data
- Own and drive platform-level projects from inception to design and implementation to launch, being the leading expert in the organization
- Collaborate with product developers to rapidly iterate and ship financial products
- Work with TypeScript, React, Next.js, NodeJS, Babel, swc, Webpack, Bazel (rules_js), Jest, Playwright, ESLint, Prettier, Jenkins, Buildkite, Docker, Kubernetes, PNPM/Yarn
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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