Staff Software Developer, DevX (Developer Infrastructure)
Robinhood · Toronto, Canada
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 65 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 Staff Software Developer on the DevX team at Robinhood, you will lead the development and maintenance of core developer infrastructure, focusing on build systems, CI pipelines, and remote development environments. Your role will involve collaborating with engineering teams to enhance productivity, reduce developer friction, and ensure the reliability of systems used by thousands of engineers. This position emphasizes technical leadership, mentorship, and strategic planning to improve engineering efficiency across the organization.
- 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
- Extensive experience designing, scaling, and operating critical developer infrastructure or high-volume build/CI systems in production environments.
- Deep subject-matter expertise in modern build systems (such as Bazel) and distributed or remote build execution, with a strong understanding of CI/CD at scale.
- Strong programming proficiency in Go or Python, with a track record of building reliable, maintainable system software.
- Proven ability to guide complex technical initiatives from conception to completion, aligning technical execution with company-wide objectives.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to advocate for build/CI tooling adoption, drive onboarding improvements, and mentor other engineers.
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
- 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!
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
Worth weighing
- In-person attendance is expected at least 3 days per week.
- The role involves high visibility and leadership responsibilities, which may not suit all candidates.
- No specific technologies or tools beyond CI/CD and build systems are mentioned, which may limit exposure to other modern technologies.
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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