Senior Staff Software Developer (Core Infrastructure)

Location: Toronto, ON, Canada; in-person attendance required at least 3 days per week

Base pay: CAD 234,000–275,000 per year, plus bonus opportunities, equity, and benefits.

Company

Robinhood builds financial products and infrastructure to democratize finance and support trading, crypto, and global expansion.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and evolution of the service mesh, including Istio, Envoy, and multi-region networking.
• Define the long-term direction of the Kubernetes compute platform, including cluster lifecycle, scheduling, control plane architecture, and resiliency.
• Redesign Terraform provisioning into a scalable, self-service platform for rapid region provisioning and developer autonomy.
• Diagnose source-level issues in Kubernetes API machinery, etcd, Envoy xDS, and Terraform providers, contributing upstream when appropriate.
• Set technical direction through architecture proposals, design reviews, and cross-functional alignment.

Requirements

• Deep hands-on expertise with Kubernetes internals, including the API server, controller reconciliation, etcd watch propagation, scheduler mechanics, and admission control.
• Deep source-level knowledge of Istio and/or Envoy, including the xDS API and control-plane/data-plane debugging.
• Strong knowledge of HTTP/2 and gRPC wire-level behavior, including connection management, flow control, stream multiplexing, and observability.
• Architectural-scale Terraform experience covering module design, provider internals, remote state, and multi-region provisioning.
• Production experience with Go or Python for infrastructure tooling and well-tested, operationally sound code.
• Proven ability to lead architectural change across complex engineering organizations and influence without authority.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact infrastructure work supporting a fast-moving, high-performing engineering organization.
• Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs and equity ownership.
• Supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, mental health support, and a flexible lifestyle wallet.
• Paid time off, sick time, company holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave.
• AI tools, continuous AI skill-building, catered meals, office events, comfortable workspaces, and a monthly commuter stipend.

Hiring process

• Inclusive interview experience with reasonable accommodations available upon request.
• AI tools may support parts of recruiting, while hiring decisions are made by the hiring teams.