Senior Backend Engineer, Growth

Location: Menlo Park, CA; compensation zones also include New York, Bellevue, Washington, Denver, Westlake, Chicago, Lake Mary, Clearwater, and Gainesville.

Base salary: $196,000–$230,000 USD for Zone 1; $172,000–$202,000 for Zone 2; $153,000–$179,000 for Zone 3.

Company

Robinhood is a fintech company building products intended to democratize finance and support investing, subscriptions, and customer engagement.

What you will do

• Design, build, and evolve backend services and APIs powering Robinhood Gold experiences and growth journeys.
• Own projects end to end, from technical design through launch, measurement, and iteration.
• Partner with product, design, data, and engineering teams to turn ambiguous opportunities into scalable systems.
• Improve reliability, performance, observability, developer velocity, and operational excellence.
• Shape architecture for subscription experiences, member benefits, and engagement flows while balancing speed, quality, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and hands-on collaboration.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including building and operating backend systems in production.
• Strong proficiency in distributed systems, APIs, and data modeling for reliability and scale.
• Experience leading medium-to-large technical projects with multiple stakeholders and measurable business impact.
• Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving product environments and create pragmatic execution plans from open-ended problems.
• Strong product sense and willingness to engage with customer experience, experimentation, and business outcomes.
• High ownership and ability to drive work independently from concept to production.
• Excellent collaboration and communication across engineering and cross-functional partners.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact engineering work focused on growth, customer engagement, and the future of finance.
• Performance-driven compensation with bonus opportunities, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Health insurance, lifestyle spending benefits, life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
• Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
• Office-based experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.