Staff Software Engineer (Python/Go, Government Products)

Location: New York, NY office with in-person attendance expected 3 days per week; other listed locations include Menlo Park, CA and Toronto, Canada. The position is restricted to US citizens or lawful permanent residents.

Base pay: $230,000–$270,000 USD for Zone 1 locations; additional compensation may include bonuses, equity, and benefits.

Company

Robinhood develops financial technology intended to expand access to investing and financial services.

What you will do

• Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of a standalone backend infrastructure for a government-backed investing and account-management program.
• Build secure data pipelines and reliable APIs integrating government registries, employer contribution frameworks, and institutional banking systems.
• Guide engineering teams across the brokerage ecosystem, establish high engineering standards, and mentor senior engineers.
• Partner with Product, Security, Legal, Compliance, and external stakeholders on regulatory constraints and technical compliance protocols.
• Own backend stability and performance tuning before high-volume user rollouts and public launch.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, including work at principal or staff level driving multi-year technical vision, architecture, and strategic direction for large-scale distributed systems.
• Mastery-level proficiency designing, building, and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency distributed infrastructure and secure data pipelines using Python or Go.
• Deep expertise in domain modeling, microservices architecture, and highly reliable APIs coordinating complex data flows across engineering domains.
• Demonstrated zero-to-one product experience, including managing ambiguity, establishing foundational engineering patterns, and reducing complex technical risks.
• Experience acting as a primary technical contact across an organization and mentoring senior engineers.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate complex legal and regulatory constraints into maintainable backend infrastructure.
• Must be a US citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact work on a regulated government-finance initiative serving millions of future customers.
• Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Health insurance, employer-paid life and disability insurance, fertility and mental health benefits, and a flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness and learning.
• Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
• In-person office experience with catered meals, events, and supported workspaces.