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Staff Web Engineer, Legend

Robinhood · Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
66 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 Web Engineer on the Legend team at Robinhood, you will focus on enhancing the performance of the advanced desktop trading platform for active traders. Your responsibilities include optimizing JavaScript internals, browser rendering, and real-time data handling to ensure a fast and responsive user experience. You will also lead performance initiatives, contribute to feature development, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality trading tools.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 7+ years of experience building web applications
  • Deep expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript
  • Strong knowledge of JavaScript engine internals, memory management, and garbage collection
  • Experience profiling and optimizing browser rendering pipelines
  • Proven ability to build and optimize high-frequency, real-time UI components
  • Fluency with performance tooling and measurement tools like Chrome DevTools and Core Web Vitals

Nice to have

  • Experience with Canvas, Web Workers, WebSockets, or similar technologies

What you get

  • Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact
  • Bonus programs and equity ownership
  • 401(k) matching
  • 100% paid health insurance for employees and 90% coverage for dependents
  • Lifestyle wallet for wellness and learning
  • Employer-paid life & disability insurance

Worth weighing

  • In-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week
  • Role emphasizes performance over feature development, which may limit exposure to broader development practices

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Listed by Robinhood on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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