Robinhood

Senior Staff Security Engineer

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Bellevue, WA, USA or Menlo Park, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$247k - $290k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define technical strategy and architectural direction across Security Engineering domains.
  • Build security foundations for emerging AI technologies, agentic use cases, internal automation, and production AI applications.
  • Identify and drive cross-cutting initiatives across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and detection systems from concept through production.
  • Write, operate, and maintain production systems for complex security problems.
  • Partner with engineering managers and senior technical leaders to set priorities, resolve trade-offs, and align roadmaps.
  • Mentor engineers and provide hands-on architectural guidance.
  • Maintain technical proximity to production environments and operational realities.

Requirements

  • Proven technical leadership at organizational scale, including setting direction and driving strategy across large engineering groups without formal authority.
  • Deep expertise in Identity and Access Management and/or cryptography.
  • Broad experience across cloud security, infrastructure security, platform security, and detection and response.
  • Hands-on experience designing, building, operating, and maintaining production systems.
  • Ability to independently identify ambiguous technical problems and create actionable roadmaps.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, humility, and mentoring skills.
  • Preferred: hands-on experience securing AI infrastructure, LLM integrations, or agentic automation frameworks.

Benefits

  • Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
  • Health insurance with 100% employee coverage and 90% dependent coverage.
  • Flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and other expenses.
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
  • Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
  • Catered meals, events, and comfortable office workspaces.

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