About the team + role

The Streaming Platform Team builds large scale distributed systems that power nearly all microservice communication and stream processing for Robinhood! Our platforms enable real-time streaming, stateful stream processing, and database change data capture with a core focus on reliability for scale. It powers everything from placing a trade on the Robinhood app, onboarding and building new products, to the most critical day to day business operations. Through constant cross functional collaboration with our internal users of product engineers, to ML/Data/Infra engineers and even to data scientists and analysts we ensure all features provide reliable and secure services.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will focus on managing and scaling Kafka as a service within the organization. You will drive operational efficiency with the team, and build large scale systems all while working cross-functionally. The team works with open source technologies like Kafka, Flink, and Debezium (with opportunities to contribute back to the community through open source contributions!)

Here are some interesting resources to see what the Streaming Platform has been building!

• Kafka Producer Proxy
• DLQ
• Flavors of HA
• Kafka Proxy
• Kafka on K8
• Flink deployments in Robinhood

The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, and maintain distributed systems, with a focus on Kafka infrastructure, and related tooling while enhancing reliability, scalability, and accessibility.
• Improving on frameworks like Flink and Debezium to enable data movement between Kafka, data lakes, and other systems.
• Develop frameworks and tools to simplify Kafka adoption and integration for end-users.
• Debug and resolve issues while maintaining focus on uptime and performance.
• Drive initiatives like improved CDC (Change Data Capture) offerings, cost optimization on AWS, and disaster recovery planning.
• Create clients, proxies and other abstractions for application teams to work with Kafka and Flink

What you bring

• 5+ years of software engineering experience building scaleable distributed systems.
• Expertise in debugging Linux systems with a focus on live machine and client code troubleshooting.
• Experience building resilient, asynchronous messaging architectures.

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

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