12 hours ago
Base Salary
$1 - $1/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the technical roadmap for core Prediction Markets backend systems and drive execution across the team.
- Design and build scalable, low-latency backend services for real-time trading and event resolution.
- Lead initiatives focused on code quality, reliability, observability, and system resilience.
- Partner with product, platform, and engineering teams to align technical direction with business goals.
- Mentor engineers and establish a high technical bar and culture of ownership.
- Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and engineering culture as the team scales.
Requirements
- 10+ years of backend engineering experience with a track record at IC6 or Staff Engineer scope, or equivalent.
- Experience leading large-scale distributed systems designed for high availability, performance, and reliability.
- Experience with or genuine interest in prediction markets, sports betting, fantasy sports, trading platforms, or financial exchange systems.
- Strong technical leadership and experience driving engineering excellence roadmaps and influencing cross-functional outcomes without formal authority.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with product, leadership, and engineering stakeholders.
- B2C product experience and an understanding of building products for millions of end users.
Benefits
- Menlo Park, CA or New York, NY office location with in-person attendance expected at least three days per week.
- Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
- 100% paid employee health insurance and 90% dependent coverage.
- Access to the Robinhood Employee Fund for eligible US employees.
- Access to AI tools and continuous AI skill-building.
- 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, parental leave, and other time off.
- Catered meals, events, and comfortable office workspaces.
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About Robinhood
Robinhood builds a mobile-first brokerage and cash management platform for retail investors to trade stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies, plus IRAs and a cash card. It makes money through interest on cash and margin, payment for order flow, crypto trading fees, and subscriptions like Robinhood Gold. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, Robinhood Markets is a public company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker HOOD.