About the team + role

The Security Tooling team’s mission is to ensure the reliability, scalability and availability of critical third party security software that Robinhood depends on.

As a senior applications engineer, you will be responsible for planning, designing, implementing, and maintaining company security SaaS applications and tools. This includes partnering with cross functional teams (HR, Finance, Security, Legal, and other organizational stakeholders) to assist with any and all integrations. You will work to ensure that the SaaS technology architecture and governance are aligned to strategic business initiatives, company goals, and the mission to democratize finance for all. This role is a great opportunity to join the team on the ground floor and help build out the security applications’ function at Robinhood.

What you’ll do

• Application administration, installation, configuration and upgrades of SaaS solutions in the security space.
• Implementing SaaS system changes and administering access to systems and information within approved security policies, guidelines, and standards.
• Assessing business requirements, evaluating possible solutions and then implementing and/or recommending solutions.
• Working closely with cross functional teams to develop scalable and reliable solutions.
• Assisting in technical support problem resolutions related to SaaS security software and/or integrations.
• Maintaining standards, procedures, security controls and documentation related to areas of responsibility. May participate in system audits and perform testing for disaster recovery or SOX controls, ensuring a secure processing environment that protects the integrity and availability of information.
• Participate in recommending budget items; implements and allocates resources following budget approval.

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience in the IT and/or security SaaS space
• Ability to compartmentalize larger problems and for other members to help contribute
• Familiarity administration with SSO/SAML/IAM systems.
• Ability to automate through scripting or coding to fill in reliability or scalability gaps
• Proven experience with managing cloud applications and platforms.
• Ability to find out-of-box solutions to best fit Robinhood’s needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with both engineering and non-engineering audiences with customer focus and problem solving mentality.
• Self-starter with the ability to overcome all obstacles and challenges with little to no supervision.
• Ability to juggle multiple responsibilities and prioritize automation over manual processes.
• Experience working with teams across different offices and timezones.

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