Staff Backend Platform Engineer — Lead Scalable Tooling

Candidate; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 200,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-impact work

Bonus and equity

Top-tier benefits

Flexible benefits wallet

Generous time off

Job summary

Robinhood in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Staff Software Developer to set technical direction for backend systems, leading multi-team initiatives and shaping platform investments. You will design and guide adoption of service frameworks and tooling, ensuring scalability and reliability across services.

This role requires extensive experience with Go and Python, Django or gRPC, and building internal platforms or shared infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Extensive backend experience with Go and Python.
• Deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django or gRPC.
• Experience designing internal platforms and shared infrastructure.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects across teams.
• Commitment to improving developer workflows and system quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead large-scale backend initiatives, including frameworks, tooling, and libraries.
• Design long-term technical solutions for scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Guide evolution of core tooling and service scaffolding used across the codebase.
• Collaborate with infra, security, and product teams to plan platform improvements.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance to improve code quality.

Skills

Go

Python

Django

gRPC

Internal tooling

Leadership

Tools

Service frameworks

Job description

Robinhood in Toronto, Canada is seeking a Staff Software Developer to set technical direction for backend systems, leading multi-team initiatives and shaping platform investments. You will design and guide adoption of service frameworks and tooling, ensuring scalability and reliability across services.

This role requires extensive experience with Go and Python, Django or gRPC, and building internal platforms or shared infrastructure.