Senior Backend Architect, Web3 & DeFi Platform

Robinhood; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Robinhood is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect, build, and scale backend services and data systems for crypto, DeFi, and wallet offerings. You will lead technical direction across Robinhood Wallet, Tokenization, and Web3 platforms, ensuring correctness, fault tolerance, and high availability for real customer assets.

Join a team focused on decentralization, cross-chain trading, and scalable backend infrastructure with emphasis on architectural leadership and rigorous code reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience in distributed systems.
• Strong system design and scalability skills.
• Hands-on blockchain knowledge (EVM, wallets, on-chain settlement) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and operate resilient, highly scalable distributed systems and backend services across Robinhood Wallet, Tokenization, and Web3 platform infrastructure.
• Provide technical leadership to deliver a best-in-class trading experience for crypto and tokenized assets.
• Mentor engineers and drive robust design reviews, observability, and reliability across teams.

Skills

Go

Python

Java

Distributed systems

Job description

Robinhood is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect, build, and scale backend services and data systems for crypto, DeFi, and wallet offerings. You will lead technical direction across Robinhood Wallet, Tokenization, and Web3 platforms, ensuring correctness, fault tolerance, and high availability for real customer assets.

Join a team focused on decentralization, cross-chain trading, and scalable backend infrastructure with emphasis on architectural leadership and rigorous code reviews.