Senior Staff Software Developer, Developer Infrastructure (AI)

Location: Toronto, Canada, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week

Base pay range: $234,000–$275,000 CAD per year, plus bonus opportunities, equity, and benefits.

Company

Robinhood is a financial technology company focused on democratizing finance and building products for the future of investing.

What you will do

• Own the technical direction and roadmap for Developer Infrastructure across DevX, TestX, Backend Platform, and Mobile Platform.
• Lead Bazel-based monorepo infrastructure, remote build execution, and build optimization across multiple programming languages.
• Scale CI/CD pipelines, repository configuration, pre-merge checks, and test execution infrastructure for thousands of daily builds.
• Drive test infrastructure, integration test environments, and personal development environments that simulate the full Robinhood system.
• Integrate AI and agentic systems into code review, build pipelines, coding workflows, and the wider software development lifecycle.
• Set technical standards for language runtimes, libraries, IDE tooling, developer environments, and security while partnering with engineering leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience and demonstrated Senior Staff, Principal, or Distinguished Engineer-level technical leadership.
• Deep expertise with Bazel, large-scale monorepos, and remote build execution infrastructure.
• Experience operating CI/CD pipelines at massive scale across multiple programming languages and complex pre-merge logic.
• Fluency in Go and/or Python; familiarity with TypeScript, Swift, or Android development environments.
• Strong background in distributed systems, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and preferably AWS.
• Experience with test infrastructure or developer environment platforms, plus exceptional technical leadership, communication, mentoring, and organizational influence.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with agentic AI systems, automated code review, or AI-driven developer productivity programs.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact work focused on financial technology and engineering productivity.
• Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs and equity ownership.
• Supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, mental health support, and a flexible lifestyle wallet.
• Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, volunteer time off, and parental leave.
• AI tools, continuous AI skill-building, catered meals, office events, comfortable workspaces, and a monthly commuter stipend.

Hiring process

• Robinhood aims to provide an inclusive interview experience and offers accommodations upon request.
• Artificial intelligence tools may support parts of the recruiting process, while hiring decisions are made by the hiring teams.