Backend Engineer – Crypto/Web3 & DeFi (Equity)

The Briefed; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Wellness wallet

Life & disability insurance

Fertility benefits

Paid parental leave

Catered meals

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Software Engineer across the Crypto, Web3, and Wallet teams. You will build and own backend services, distributed infrastructure, and data systems powering Robinhood’s crypto and wallet offerings across Wallet, Tokenization, and Chain domains.

You’ll tackle correctness-critical engineering, connect traditional markets to on-chain flows, and design scalable infrastructure. 2+ years of backend experience with Go/Python/Java and blockchain familiarity are expected.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong backend and API design fundamentals.
• Experience with idempotency, reconciliation, and failure-mode reasoning for monetary value.
• Familiarity with blockchain basics (EVM, smart contracts, wallets).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy scalable backend services and distributed infrastructure across Wallet, Tokenization, and Web3 platforms.
• Bridge traditional market infrastructure with on-chain systems (smart contracts, chain indexers, DEX flows).
• Develop 24/7 asset systems with high reliability.
• Identify and implement system performance improvements and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with Product, Compliance, Client Engineering, Platform teams, and external partners.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

Go/Python/Java

Cloud-native

Correctness-critical engineering

Ownership & delivery

Blockchain fundamentals

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Software Engineer across the Crypto, Web3, and Wallet teams. You will build and own backend services, distributed infrastructure, and data systems powering Robinhood’s crypto and wallet offerings across Wallet, Tokenization, and Chain domains.

You’ll tackle correctness-critical engineering, connect traditional markets to on-chain flows, and design scalable infrastructure. 2+ years of backend experience with Go/Python/Java and blockchain familiarity are expected.