Staff Software Engineer, Reliability

Robinhood
Full-time
Menlo Park, CA
$217,000 - $255,000
Posted on 24 days ago

Job Description

Robinhood is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Reliability Engineering team. This role focuses on ensuring the scalability, performance, and resilience of systems powering millions of users. The engineer will lead technical initiatives, influence strategy, build critical systems, and mentor others, operating with autonomy and a high standard for engineering excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Develop software, infrastructure, and tools for observability, alerting, and incident response
  • Lead technical initiatives and drive architectural decisions
  • Design and lead large-scale reliability efforts
  • Lead Production Readiness Reviews
  • Mentor engineers and foster a reliability-first culture

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience designing and scaling distributed systems
  • Deep technical expertise in programming languages like Python, Go, or C++
  • Experience leading infrastructure or reliability initiatives
  • Track record of improving reliability metrics
  • Strong mentorship and communication skills

Benefits

  • No benefits