Robinhood

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Robinhood · Menlo Park, CA

Posted 26 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
26 days
Robinhood's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
5% of Robinhood's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Robinhood
high
77 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
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Core Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for the architectural evolution of service mesh, compute platform, and infrastructure provisioning at Robinhood. Your work will involve standardizing and evolving the deployment of Istio and Envoy, driving the evolution of Kubernetes, and transforming Terraform into a scalable platform. This role emphasizes hands-on expertise and cross-functional collaboration to enhance engineering velocity and operational reliability.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • Deep, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes internals
  • Deep working knowledge of Istio and/or Envoy at the source code level
  • HTTP/2 and gRPC wire-level knowledge
  • Terraform at architectural scale
  • Production Go or Python for infrastructure tooling
  • Proven ability to drive cross-functional architectural change across large or complex engineering organizations

What you get

  • Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership
  • Top tier benefits including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
  • Access to the best AI tools and continuous AI skill-building
  • Lifestyle wallet for flexible employer-paid benefits spending
  • Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave
  • Exceptional office experience with catered meals and events

Worth weighing

  • In-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week
  • High expectations and fast-paced environment may not suit everyone
  • Role involves significant architectural decision-making with broad impact

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Listed by Robinhood on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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