Robinhood

Staff Offensive Security Engineer

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5 days ago
Toronto, CanadaStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute red team operations, adversarial simulations, and penetration tests across applications, infrastructure, networks, offices, and internal processes.
  • Perform threat modeling for new and existing services and communicate security risks and tradeoffs to engineering and risk stakeholders.
  • Conduct vulnerability research, exploit development, and testing using custom tooling and public proof-of-concept techniques.
  • Partner with detection and response teams to simulate realistic attacks and evaluate monitoring and incident response readiness.
  • Write and maintain tooling to automate and scale offensive security assessments.
  • Document findings, recommend remediation strategies, and support teams through fixes.
  • Mentor teammates and contribute to internal documentation, presentations, external talks, or blog posts.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in red teaming, offensive security, or penetration testing.
  • Demonstrated experience mentoring or guiding other security engineers.
  • Strong understanding of threat modeling methodologies and the MITRE ATT&CK framework.
  • Experience testing cloud platforms such as AWS and GCP, containerized systems such as Docker and Kubernetes, CI pipelines, and identity systems.
  • Working knowledge of IDS/IPS, EDR, packet capture, network monitoring, and common evasion techniques.
  • Proficiency in Python, Go, or JavaScript for exploit development, tooling, or automation.
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills for explaining technical findings to engineers and senior leaders.
  • Experience collaborating with distributed teams and documenting work through Slack, Jira, GitHub, and email.
  • Experience in financial technology or regulated environments is preferred.
  • Prior experience serving as a technical lead on security initiatives is preferred.

Benefits

  • Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs and equity ownership.
  • Supplemental health, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs.
  • Flexible employer-paid lifestyle wallet for wellness, childcare, learning, and other expenses.
  • Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, and parental leave.
  • Catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
  • Monthly commuter stipend.
  • Based in the Toronto, Canada office with in-person attendance expected at least three days per week.
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