Workplace
On-site
Employment
Internship
Published
Aug 11, 2026
Closes
No date supplied
The role
Join us in building the future of finance.
Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.
About the team + role
We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.
The Data Platform organization builds and operates the systems that power how data is stored, moved, and consumed across Robinhood. This organization spans three core pillars: Storage (Postgres, DynamoDB, and caching systems), Streaming (real-time event infrastructure), and Data Lake (ingestion and compute systems built on Delta Lake). Together, these platforms support transactional workloads, real-time data processing, and large-scale analytics that are critical to Robinhood’s products and operations. The team owns the full lifecycle of data—from low-latency order path systems to near real-time and batch analytics—serving millions of users and internal teams across the company.
As a Senior Staff Software Engineer , you will serve as the technical lead across the Data Platform organization, shaping architecture and guiding execution across multiple teams. You’ll work on complex distributed systems challenges such as
Requirements
Department: ENG Infrastructure