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Robinhood

Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform

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about 3 hours ago
Bellevue, WA, USA
Staff+
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Base Salary

$230k - $270k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement distributed storage systems, including sharding strategies and query routing layers.
  • Improve availability, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities across multi-region deployments.
  • Build and enhance control plane automation managing thousands of databases and caching clusters.
  • Optimize database performance and throughput by analyzing query patterns and improving connection pooling.
  • Partner with product and infrastructure teams to standardize service connections to storage systems.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in PostgreSQL, with a preference for Aurora PostgreSQL.
  • Experience building or operating distributed systems, including horizontal sharding and replication.
  • Proficiency in Go and/or Rust, with experience in backend or infrastructure services.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS managed services.
  • Strong understanding of system reliability, performance tuning, and cost optimization.

Benefits

  • Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
  • Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs and equity ownership.
  • 100% paid health insurance for employees and 90% coverage for dependents.
  • Flexible benefits spending account for wellness and learning.
  • Employer-paid life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health support.
  • Time off for company holidays, paid time off, sick leave, and parental leave.
  • Exceptional office experience with catered meals and comfortable workspaces.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAWSGoKubernetesPostgreSQLRust

Categories

BackendDevOps