Staff Software Developer, Observability

Robinhood; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking fintech company dedicated to democratizing finance. As a Staff Software Developer and Team Lead for the Observability Team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of observability at Robinhood. Your expertise will guide the design and implementation of scalable observability platforms, ensuring our engineering teams can deliver reliable and performant software. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor developers, and drive initiatives that optimize costs and enhance efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a talented team in a dynamic environment focused on innovation and excellence.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with observability tools and platforms.
• Strong coding skills in Python and Go with Kubernetes experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable observability platforms.
• Drive long-term vision and strategy for observability.

Skills

Observability

Leadership

Python

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud-based architectures

Tools

Datadog

Splunk

Prometheus

Honeycomb

Chronosphere

Job description

Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood Markets was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood and its subsidiaries and affiliates are lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

With growth as the top priority...

The business is seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply.

About the team + role

The Observability Team is responsible for all things observability and monitoring at Robinhood, encompassing metrics, logging, tracing, error handling, and alerting. The team builds and maintains a platform that allows other development teams to seamlessly integrate observability into their services, ensuring issues are detected and resolved with minimal friction!

Our platform leverages external solutions such as:

• Metrics: Chronosphere (via Prometheus and Grafana)
• Paging: PagerDuty

Robinhood is looking for an experienced Staff Software Developer to act as the Team Lead of the Observability Team. This team plays a critical role in enabling our engineering teams to deliver reliable and performant software by providing a robust observability platform. As a leader of this team, you will drive the strategy, execution, and vision for observability at Robinhood, ensuring our tools and systems are world-class, scalable, and cost-efficient.

What you’ll do

• Design and Build: Scaleable and reliable observability platforms at Robinhood.
• Strategize and Drive: Define the long-term vision for observability at Robinhood and set the roadmap to achieve it.
• Technical Leadership: Provide deep technical expertise in observability, ensuring the team builds scalable, reliable, and efficient systems and acting as the Team Lead.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to gather feedback, understand their needs, and refine the platform.
• Mentorship: Elevate the team by mentoring developers, holding a high bar for quality, and fostering a culture of excellence.
• Efficiency and Cost Management: Drive initiatives to reduce time to detect and resolve issues while optimizing costs for logging, metrics, and tracing.
• Build Partnerships: Establish strong relationships with other engineering leaders and teams, ensuring smooth collaboration and shared success.

What you bring

• Expertise in Observability: Deep experience with observability tools and platforms such as Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, Honeycomb, Chronosphere, or similar.
• Technical Acumen: Strong coding skills in Python, Go, and experience with Kubernetes and cloud-based architectures.
• Leadership Experience: Proven track record as a technical lead, driving strategy, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Operational Excellence: Familiarity with managing the balance between self-hosted and vendor-managed solutions, optimizing for performance and cost.

Our team is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming interview experience for all candidates. If you require a specific accommodation during the application or interview process due to a physical or mental condition, please complete this Applicant Accommodation Form to notify our team. The form should only be completed if you need a specific accommodation.

Robinhood embraces a diversity of backgrounds and experiences and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone.