Senior Software Engineer
Data Lake Infrastructure
Posted on 2/1/2023
INACTIVE
Robinhood

1,001-5,000 employees

Accessible, affordable trading and investment platform.
Company Overview
Robinhood is a pioneering financial services company that democratizes finance by offering accessible and affordable trading services to all, regardless of wealth or industry knowledge. The company's competitive advantage lies in its intuitive platform, which simplifies trading and investing in stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies, and its commitment to inclusivity, which breaks down traditional barriers in the financial industry. As an industry leader, Robinhood is recognized for its technical innovation, including its proprietary clearing system, and its commitment to transparency and customer empowerment.
Fintech

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$7.4B

Founded

2013

Headquarters

West Menlo Park, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

4%

2 year growth

-22%
Locations
New York, NY, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Apache Flink
Apache Spark
Apache Kafka
CategoriesNew
DevOps & Infrastructure
Software Engineering
Requirements
  • Demonstrated ability and knowledge of building large scale distributed systems, infrastructure and internal tooling using modern technologies like Spark, Flink, Kafka, etc
  • You have strong communication skills and are capable of cross-group collaborations
  • Experienced and familiar with public cloud concepts/technologies
  • Passionate in mentoring junior engineers and improving the engineering craftsmanship
  • 5-6 years of experience in data related engineering
  • 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 promotes diversity 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. To review Robinhood's Privacy Policy please visitRobinhood - US Applicant Privacy Policy. If you are an applicant located in the UK or EEA, please visit the Robinhood UK/EEA Applicant Privacy Policy
  • Clickhere to learn more about Robinhood's Benefits
Responsibilities
  • Design large scale systems within the team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability
  • Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems
  • Set up and drive technical directions of the project while mentor and up-level junior engineers in the team
  • Contribute to open source projects
Desired Qualifications
  • Geographically distributed team exposure as we are a distributed team
  • Experience working with modern table formats like Hudi, DeltaLake, and Iceberg