Staff Software Engineer, Retirements Account at Robinhood Markets, Inc. – New York | Jobyssey

You will design and build the critical backend architecture and data pipelines for a brand new standalone system ensuring secure integrations with government registries and institutional banking systems. You will lead engineering efforts, set high code standards, and mentor senior engineers. You will collaborate with Product, Security, and Legal to navigate regulatory constraints and ensure backend stability and performance ahead of launch.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical design, architectural strategy, and implementation of a brand-new, standalone backend infrastructure optimized for security, reliability, and scale.
Design secure data pipelines and robust APIs to integrate government-backed registries, employer contribution frameworks, and institutional banking systems.
Guide engineering teams across the brokerage ecosystem, fostering technical excellence, setting high bar code standards, and mentoring senior engineers.
Partner closely with Product, Security, Legal, and external stakeholders to navigate the protections and technical compliance protocols of a highly regulated government contract.
Own backend stability and performance tuning ahead of initial high-volume user rollouts and the general public launch.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of operating as a principal or staff-level engineer, driving multi-year technical vision, long-term architecture, and strategic direction for large-scale distributed systems.
Advanced mastery-level proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency distributed infrastructure and secure data pipelines using Python or Go.
Deep expertise in domain modeling, microservices architecture, and building highly reliable APIs capable of orchestrating complex cross-functional data flows across multiple engineering domains.
Demonstrable execution in a zero-to-one product space, navigating high levels of technical ambiguity, setting foundational engineering patterns, and systematically de-risking complex technical blockers.
Experience serving as a primary technical point of contact across an entire organization, with a strong commitment to raising the engineering bar by sponsoring and mentoring senior engineers.
Exceptional communication skills with a proven capability to partner closely with Product, Security, Compliance, and external institutional partners to translate highly complex legal or regulatory constraints into clean, maintainable backend infrastructure.

Benefits

Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
Best in class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more
Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces

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