Senior Staff Software Developer, Developer Productivity & AI Tooling

TL;DR

Senior Staff Software Developer, Developer Productivity & AI Tooling (DevOps): Leading the evolution of the developer experience and AI-powered engineering ecosystem with an accent on improving developer velocity, system reliability, and engineering quality. Focus on pioneering how engineers build, test, deploy, and operate software through AI-assisted development and intelligent automation.

Location: This role is based in our Toronto office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

Salary: $234,000 - $275,000 CAD

Company

Robinhood's mission is to democratize finance for all.

What you will do

• Architect and build scalable systems that enable fast, reliable delivery of full-stack applications, with a strong focus on enhancing the overall developer experience.
• Set technical direction and standards for developer infrastructure across build systems, CI/CD, testing, and local development.
• Lead adoption of AI-assisted development tools across engineering teams.
• Design and operate services on AWS with strong attention to scalability, cost efficiency, and security.
• Lead incident response, postmortems, and continuous improvement efforts.
• Partner with Product, Platform, and SRE teams to align on long-term technical strategy.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years operating at Staff or Senior Staff level.
• Deep expertise in developer infrastructure (CI/CD, build systems, testing frameworks, dev environments, observability).
• Strong backend engineering skills with proficiency in Go, Python, or TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Docker, service discovery, distributed systems).
• Strong technical leadership with the ability to influence across teams and organizational boundaries.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience driving alignment across engineering and product stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools in production environments.
• Interest or experience in applying AI to developer productivity, incident management, or automation.
• Ability to evaluate and safely integrate AI systems into engineering workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
• Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership.
• Top tier benefits to fuel your work, including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs.
• Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
• Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in-office commuting costs.