Join a leading fintech company that's democratizing finance for all.
Robinhood was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be
accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood is
lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information.
Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial
system everyone can participate in.
As we continue to build...
We're seeking curious, growth minded thinkers to help shape our vision,
structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious
future. If you're invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the
world — we'd love to have you apply.
Robinhood has a primary in-office working environment; please be sure you have
reviewed the preferred working location(s) for this role before applying.
About the team + role
Our mission is to allow our customers to invest in whatever asset they want
(equity, option, crypto), whenever they want (24 hours a day), and however
they want at the best execution quality while ensuring market integrity.
We own critical services that facilitate the routing of trades to exchanges
and market makers. Our Trade Routing infrastructure encompasses several
critical components, including:
Trade Routing Service: This high availability, low latency, scalable
service efficiently routes trades to exchanges & 3rd parties, while
ensuring correctness and reliability.
Order Execution Management System (OEMS): Our OEMS enables Trading Ops
to manage time-sensitive trading exceptions, which are essential for a
smooth trading process and regulatory compliance.
Order Risk Checks System: This system enables risk management at the firm-
wide level for assets, venues, and trading sessions.
Smart Order Router: Ensures the highest quality trade execution.
We're a fast-moving team that is the engine for innovation for the company!
Our team brought extended hours trading and more recently 24 hour trading to
the masses. Our charter is to further develop additional capabilities within
the trading platform (including new assets, order types, and new execution
partners), empowering product teams to introduce novel features for our
customers.
What you'll do
Technical Leadership : Drive technical direction by keeping a pulse on
the teams' projects to provide feedback, perform architecture reviews, and
help make key decisions as needed.
Lead the Reliability Strategy : Strategize, conceptualize, and drive
advancements aimed at creating a scalable, dependable, and high-
performance platform that is sustainable in the long run.
On-Call Excellence : Provide leadership during on-call, setting the
standard on reliability and operational excellence for the entire team.
Leverage strong problem-solving skills in diagnosing and resolving issues
in real-time, minimizing downtime and reducing overall firm risk. Use
live-site debugging skills to drive deep into incidents to uncover
underlying causes and identify overarching trends that enhance the overall
reliability and stability of our systems.
Operational Excellence : Deeply understand the operational challenges
the team faces and collaborate to create new, self-sustaining processes
that adhere to industry standards.
Engineering Excellence : Drive engineering excellence in our team,
particularly in the areas of code base enhancement, design principles
refinement, and testing practices elevation. Analyze and seek improvements
in routing systems, addressing bottlenecks, reducing latency, and ensuring
optimal resource utilization.
Mentorship : Lead and mentor a team of junior software engineers,
providing technical guidance, reviews, and generally up-leveling the team.
New Feature Development : Take a hands-on approach by owning and
implementing large projects with critical and/or particularly complex
business requirements.
Collaboration : Navigate conversations and align on tough decisions
with numerous stakeholders while representing this critical, foundational
service.
What you bring
Experience architecting and designing large scale, low latency distributed
systems.
Past experience leading reliability or operational excellence or
engineering excellence initiatives within the team.
Ability leading platform teams of 6 or more engineers to drive technical
improvements, while continuing to have business-wide impact.
Strong proficiency in Go or equivalent language, and experience with large
areas of the team's tech stack (Postgres, Kafka, gRPC, K8s or similar
technologies).
Showcase a history of producing high-quality, well-structured, and
maintainable code. Their commitment to writing clean and efficient code
demonstrates attention to detail and professionalism.
Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with a proven track
record of working effectively in large, cross-functional teams.
Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best
practices. Look for candidates who demonstrate a commitment to continuous
learning and improvement.
Bonus points
Experience at a fintech company or financial firm working on Trade Routing
systems.
Past experience in Financial Information eXchange data protocol.
Experience in Algorithmic trading, Market making or building an exchange.
Technologies we use
Go
Postgres
Kafka
Kubernetes
AWS
gRPC
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
Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related
factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business
needs, or market demands. You can view comp zones for our US office locations
in the table below. For other locations not listed, compensation can be
discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.
Office locations (by comp zone)
US Zone 1: Menlo Park, NYC, Seattle, Washington DC
US Zone 2: Denver, Westlake (Dallas), Chicago
US Zone 3: Lake Mary
Click here to learn more about Robinhood's Benefits.
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 visit Robinhood - US Applicant Privacy
Policy. If you are an applicant located in the UK or EEA, please visit the
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