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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 62 days Robinhood's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 5% of Robinhood's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Robinhood
- high 112 stale, 4 reposted of 130 open
- Hiring momentum
- 190 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Robinhood's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Robinhood.
About this role
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Custody Services team, you will be responsible for building and managing the infrastructure behind crypto processing and wallet management. Your work will involve automating infrastructure management, running blockchain nodes, integrating with third-party custodians, and ensuring the security and reliability of custody systems. This role requires in-person attendance at least three days a week in the London office and participation in an on-call rotation.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Robinhood as an employer.
What you need
- Senior-level experience running cloud infrastructure (AWS) in production
- Experience managing blockchain nodes in production
- Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar configuration management and Infrastructure as Code tooling
- Experience running containerized workloads on Kubernetes and Docker
- Solid Python and/or Go skills, with real production experience
- A strong security focus — you've worked on systems where key management and access control are critical
Nice to have
- Experience integrating with third-party custodians like BitGo or Fireblocks
What you get
- Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
- Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership
- Top tier benefits to fuel your work, including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
- Access to the best AI tools on the market and continuous AI skill-building for every employee, technical or not
- Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible employer-paid benefits spending account expenses beyond traditional benefits such as wellness, childcare, learning, and more
- Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, and more!
Worth weighing
- In-person attendance is required at least 3 days per week
- Participation in an on-call rotation is required
- The role involves working at the intersection of infrastructure and security, which may involve high-stakes responsibilities
Summarised from Robinhood's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Robinhood on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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