# Senior Software Engineer, Observability at Robinhood

- Company: Robinhood
- What the company does: Trade stocks on Robinhood with commission-free investing & advanced trading tools. Access fractional shares, real-time market data, and more. Terms and fees may apply. Backed by Index, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
- Company website: http://robinhood.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Menlo Park, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/robinhood/jobs/8265786?t=gh_src=&gh_jid=8265786&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/robinhood-senior-software-engineer-observability/

## About the role

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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a proven track record of owning and delivering large-scale observability or infrastructure platform initiatives
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes and public cloud environments (AWS preferred), with the ability to architect and operate distributed systems at scale regardless of specific vendor tooling
- Strong coding proficiency in one or more languages (Go, Python, or similar) with experience integrating observability agents, libraries, and instrumentation directly into production codebases
- Demonstrated experience owning an observability control plane or telemetry pipeline — including ingestion cost management, cardinality control, and signal routing — in a high-traffic production environment
- Experience with the Vector data pipeline (or equivalent high-throughput log/metrics routing tools) and familiarity with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb, Humio, or Sentry is a plus

Tags: Engineering Excellence

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