Staff Offensive Security Engineer (Fintech)

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

Base pay: $217,000–$255,000 USD annually for Zone 1 locations; additional compensation may include bonus, equity, and benefits. Other compensation zones range from $169,000 to $224,000 annually.

Company

Robinhood is a financial technology company building products intended to expand access to financial services.

What you will do

• Plan and execute red team exercises and long-term adversarial assessments.
• Perform threat modeling and penetration testing across applications, infrastructure, and corporate environments.
• Develop scripts and tools to automate security testing activities.
• Partner with detection and response teams on adversarial simulations and incident readiness.
• Communicate findings, prioritize risks, and collaborate with engineering teams on remediation.
• Mentor offensive security engineers and lead security incidents arising from testing findings.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in red team operations or advanced penetration testing.
• Experience mentoring or supporting the development of security engineers.
• Knowledge of DNS, TCP/IP, macOS, Linux, access and identity security fundamentals, and the MITRE ATT&CK Framework.
• Experience attacking modern software stacks, including CI systems, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, and GCP, with the ability to recommend hardening measures.
• Knowledge of defensive tools and techniques such as IDS/IPS, packet capture, network analysis, antivirus, and EDR, including evasion methods.
• Ability to read and write Python, Go, and JavaScript, research unfamiliar technologies, execute testing plans, and document technical findings clearly.

Nice to have

• Financial technology experience.
• Experience serving as a technical lead.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person work environment focused on collaboration, accountability, security, and ethics.
• 100% paid employee health insurance and 90% dependent coverage.
• Annual lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and development.
• Family-forming and fertility benefits, plus dedicated mental health support.
• Paid holidays, time off, sick time, parental leave, catered meals, stocked kitchens, and location-specific commuter benefits.