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Staff Software Engineer, Robinhood Command Center

Robinhood · Menlo Park, CA · On-site

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About Robinhood

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.

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.

What they're looking for

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant experience operating production systems
  • 3+ years focused on reliability engineering, infrastructure, distributed systems, or production operations
  • Hands-on experience serving in incident leadership roles (e.g., IMOC, incident commander, primary oncall)
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, especially during high-severity incidents
  • Deep knowledge of systems reliability, observability frameworks, and fault-tolerant architecture design
  • Experience with multi-region or multi-cluster architectures, capacity planning, and failover strategies
More about this 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.

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 Robinhood Command Center (RCC) is a newly formed reliability team that serves as the front line for detecting, coordinating, and mitigating production incidents across Robinhood.

As part of Robinhood’s broader reliability initiative, RCC works closely with product engineering, reliability, observability, infrastructure, and business teams to reduce customer impact and shorten incident duration.

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