Staff Software Developer, Backend Platform | Robinhood NYC

The Backend Platform team’s mission is to enable fast, safe, and reliable backend development at scale. It builds and maintains the shared frameworks, libraries, and tooling that support hundreds of engineers across backend services, and plays a critical role in how quickly and safely products reach customers. As a Staff Software Developer, you will set technical direction and lead large, multi-team initiatives that improve how backend systems are developed and operated. You will design and guide adoption of platform capabilities such as service frameworks, static analysis systems, and developer tooling. You will also influence engineering practices across teams, guide engineers technically, and help plan and run major platform investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and lead large-scale initiatives that improve backend development systems, including frameworks, tooling, and shared libraries
• Design long-term technical solutions that support scalability, reliability, and maintainability across backend services
• Guide the evolution of core tooling such as static analysis, formatting systems, and service scaffolding used across the codebase
• Partner with teams such as infrastructure, security, and product engineering to plan and execute platform improvements
• Mentor engineers and give technical guidance that improves code quality, system design, and development practices

Requirements

• Extensive experience building and scaling backend systems using Go and Python
• Deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django, gRPC, or comparable systems in Go
• Experience designing internal platforms, developer tooling (Bazel, etc.), or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams
• Commitment to improving developer workflows, system quality, and maintainability through thoughtful design
• Education: Not specified

Skills

Technical Skills

• Go and Python
• Django and gRPC
• Developer tooling and build systems (Bazel)
• Static analysis and service scaffolding
• Internal platform and shared infrastructure design

Soft Skills

• Technical leadership across teams
• Mentoring
• Influencing engineering direction
• Cross-functional partnership

Benefits

• Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership
• Supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
• Lifestyle wallet, an employer-paid flexible spending account for wellness, childcare, learning, and more
• Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, and parental leave
• Catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces in the office
• Monthly commuter stipend