Senior Data Platform Engineer: Real-Time & Storage

Robinhood; Bellevue (WA); Hybrid; USD 264,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance driven compensation

Best in class health benefits

Flexible benefits spending account

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in Bellevue, WA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead technical direction across its Data Platform. Responsibilities include designing and implementing distributed systems and improving data processing capabilities. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with distributed systems, database management, and streaming architectures. The role offers competitive compensation, equity, and a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building and scaling distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of database systems including replication and performance optimization.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural direction across storage and data lake platforms.
• Design and implement distributed systems, including sharding and query routing.
• Drive initiatives that introduce new platform capabilities.

Skills

Distributed systems

Database management (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB)

Streaming architectures (Kafka, Flink)

Real-time processing

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Kafka

Spark

Delta Lake

Job description

A leading financial technology company in Bellevue, WA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead technical direction across its Data Platform. Responsibilities include designing and implementing distributed systems and improving data processing capabilities. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with distributed systems, database management, and streaming architectures. The role offers competitive compensation, equity, and a collaborative work environment.