Sr. Software Engineer - Crypto & Web3 | Robinhood

As a Senior Software Engineer across the Crypto, Web3, and Wallet organizations, you will architect, build, and scale resilient backend services, distributed systems, and data infrastructure supporting Robinhood's global crypto, web3, and wallet offerings. In this technical leadership role, you will solve complex distributed systems and correctness challenges in an environment where your code continuously moves real customer assets around the clock. Depending on team placement, you will drive architectural execution across three key initiatives:

• Robinhood Wallet Team: Democratizing access to global financial services using DeFi protocols and Robinhood Chain—building non-custodial consumer products, self-custody experiences, and seamless cross-chain trading capabilities.
• Tokenization Team: Connecting traditional market infrastructure (brokerage, ledgers, corporate actions) with on-chain systems—enabling 24/7 trading of public and private equities on decentralized exchanges (DEXs).
• Robinhood Chain Team: Designing and scaling the underlying decentralized infrastructure across Robinhood, developing specialized smart contracts, and building core platform services for DeFi initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Architecture & Distributed Systems Execution

• Resilient Distributed Systems: Architect, build, and operate resilient, highly scalable backend services across Robinhood Wallet, Tokenization, and Web3 platform infrastructure with correctness, fault tolerance, and auditability as hard requirements.
• On-Chain & Traditional Market Integration: Drive the technical execution bridging traditional financial infrastructure (brokerage, ledgers, corporate actions) with on-chain protocols—including smart contract integrations, chain indexers, and DEX trade flows.
• Technical Leadership & Strategy: Provide technical leadership on large-scope, ambiguous engineering initiatives, translating multi-quarter strategic goals into concrete architectural milestones.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner closely with Product, Compliance, Security, and cross-functional leadership to define technical roadmaps and deliver high-impact solutions.

Engineering Rigor & Technical Mentorship

• System Reliability & Observability: Champion engineering excellence by mentoring engineers, leading rigorous architectural design and code reviews, and raising the bar for system reliability and operational rigor.
• Correctness & Failure Mode Design: Design robustness into correctness-critical systems—implementing idempotency, financial reconciliation, and ledger consistency for 24/7 continuous operations.

Requirements

Engineering Mastery & Technical Leadership

• Experience Track: 5+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining high-scale distributed systems.
• Backend Stack Expertise: Deep expertise in backend development using languages such as Go, Python, or Java, alongside advanced knowledge of cloud-native, event-driven architectures.
• System Design & Distributed Data: Strong mastery of system design, distributed data modeling, concurrency control, and complex scalability tradeoffs.
• Financial Correctness & Reconciliation: Architectural experience with correctness-critical systems—including idempotency, financial reconciliation, ledger consistency, and failure mode design when handling monetary value.
• Technical Leadership & Alignment: Demonstrated experience driving cross-functional alignment, unblocking complex technical roadblocks, and mentoring engineering peers.
• Blockchain Interest: Strong interest or hands-on experience with blockchain fundamentals (EVM, smart contracts, wallets, on-chain settlement, or decentralized infrastructure).

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct hands-on experience building or deploying smart contracts on EVM-compatible chains using Solidity or Vyper.
• Deep familiarity with decentralized exchanges (DEXs), automated market makers (AMMs), liquidity protocols, or perpetual futures trading infrastructure.

Total Rewards & Benefits

• Compensation & Equity: Zone 1 base salary ($196,000 – $230,000 USD) + performance-driven bonus multipliers, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Top-Tier Health Coverage: 100% employer-paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for eligible dependents.
• Lifestyle Wallet: Highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, fitness, continuous learning, and personal growth.
• Insurance & Family Care: Employer-paid life and disability insurance, comprehensive fertility benefits, and mental health support.
• Onsite Perks & Time Off: Generous PTO, company holidays, paid parental leave, and catered meals/events in modern workspaces.