Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Multi-Region EKS

Robinhood; Toronto (OH); On-site; USD 97,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Bonus programs

Health insurance

Wellness & learning benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

Commuter stipend

Catered meals & office events

Job summary

Robinhood's Software Platform team is seeking a Software Developer to build, maintain, and scale container provisioning platforms. This role is based in Toronto, with in‑person attendance expected at least 3 days per week, and involves collaborating with senior engineers to drive the transition to Amazon EKS and ensure reliable infrastructure for security and networking.

You will work across teams to improve visibility, automation, and multi‑region support, contributing to a fast‑moving,

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of Kubernetes core concepts and container environments.
• Experience developing, debugging, and maintaining distributed systems in production.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructures, preferably AWS.
• Basic knowledge of container networking, infrastructure security protocols, or open-source cloud-native tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable container infrastructure using Kubernetes to support high-throughput financial applications.
• Support the technical implementation and testing needed to transition workloads safely to Amazon EKS.
• Help optimize container lifecycle management and monitor cluster provisioning APIs for multi-region stability.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across Robinhood to integrate platform capabilities like service mesh, authentication, and load balancing.
• Assist in identifying performance bottlenecks in production and write automation to enhance platform availability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

AWS

Container networking

Security practices

Tools

Amazon EKS

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Robinhood's Software Platform team is seeking a Software Developer to build, maintain, and scale container provisioning platforms. This role is based in Toronto, with in‑person attendance expected at least 3 days per week, and involves collaborating with senior engineers to drive the transition to Amazon EKS and ensure reliable infrastructure for security and networking.

You will work across teams to improve visibility, automation, and multi‑region support, contributing to a fast‑moving,