Staff Offensive Security Engineer (Fintech)

Location: Bellevue, WA; New York, NY; Denver, CO; or Menlo Park, CA, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

Base pay: $217,000–$255,000 in Zone 1; $190,000–$224,000 in Zone 2; $169,000–$199,000 in Zone 3, plus bonus opportunities, equity, and benefits.

Company

Robinhood builds financial products aimed at expanding access to finance and supporting the safety and reliability of products used by millions of customers.

What you will do

• Plan and execute red team exercises and long-term adversarial assessments across applications, infrastructure, corporate environments, and physical environments.
• Perform threat modeling and penetration testing, identify risks, and work with engineering teams on remediation.
• Develop scripts and tools to automate security testing activities.
• Partner with detection and response teams to run adversarial simulations and improve incident readiness.
• Communicate security findings to engineers, executives, and other stakeholders.
• Mentor offensive security engineers and lead security incidents related to penetration testing or red team findings.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience conducting red team operations or advanced penetration testing.
• Experience mentoring or supporting the development of security engineers.
• Experience with DNS, TCP/IP, macOS, Linux, CI, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and GCP.
• Knowledge of defensive security tools and techniques, including IDS/IPS, packet capture, network analysis, antivirus, and EDR, including evasion techniques.
• Deep understanding of the MITRE ATT&CK Framework and strong knowledge of access and identity security fundamentals.
• Ability to read and write Python, Go, and JavaScript, research new technologies, execute testing plans, and document technical findings clearly.

Nice to have

• Experience in the financial technology domain.
• Experience serving as a technical lead.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person office environment with catered meals, stocked kitchens, and location-specific commuter benefits.
• Paid health insurance for employees with dependent coverage.
• Lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and development.
• Mental health support and family-forming and fertility benefits.
• Paid holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
• Compensation includes potential bonuses, equity, and benefits.