Staff Web Engineer (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid role based in the Menlo Park, California or New York, New York offices, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

Base pay: $230,000–$270,000 USD for Zone 1; $203,000–$238,000 USD for Zone 2; $180,000–$211,000 USD for Zone 3, plus bonus opportunities, equity, and benefits.

Company

Robinhood builds financial products designed to make investing and trading more accessible, including the Legend desktop trading platform for active and sophisticated traders.

What you will do

• Lead web performance initiatives across the Legend trading platform.
• Profile, diagnose, and optimize JavaScript execution, browser rendering, memory usage, and runtime efficiency.
• Build high-frequency, real-time UI components that render streaming market data while maintaining consistent frame rates.
• Establish performance benchmarks, monitoring systems, engineering standards, and documentation.
• Contribute to feature development across core trading surfaces.
• Partner with product, design, and backend engineers on reliable experiences at scale and participate in roadmap planning.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building web applications where performance was a hard requirement.
• Deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript, including JavaScript engine internals, memory management, and garbage collection.
• Hands-on experience optimizing browser layout, paint, compositing, and main-thread performance.
• Experience building high-frequency real-time interfaces that render streaming data while maintaining a consistent frame rate.
• Fluency with Chrome DevTools, Performance/Lighthouse, flame charts, Core Web Vitals, or comparable runtime metrics.

Nice to have

• Experience with Canvas, Web Workers, WebSockets, or similar technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Company-paid employee health insurance with 90% dependent coverage.
• Flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and other eligible expenses.
• Life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
• Paid time off, company holidays, sick time, and parental leave.
• In-person office experience with catered meals, events, and supported workspaces.