Senior Streaming Platform Engineer: Real-Time Data Power

Robinhood; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 196,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Equity

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Streaming Platform to design, build, and operate distributed data streaming systems that power core pipelines and real-time event processing. Based in Bellevue, WA, you will collaborate with product, data, and ML teams to scale the platform and improve reliability while delivering excellent developer experiences.

You will work on high-impact challenges, including securing scalable streaming infrastructure, and mentoring engineers to drive

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including building distributed systems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate distributed data streaming platforms that scale to billions of events per day.
• Develop secure, performant, and highly reliable systems using technologies like Kafka, Flink, and Debezium.
• Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, data, and ML teams to ensure the platform supports diverse use cases.
• Build tools and documentation to deliver a smooth, empowering experience for internal developers.
• Mentor and support other engineers to drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy.

Skills

Distributed systems

Kafka

Flink

Debezium

Event-driven architecture

Platform engineering

Developer collaboration

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Debezium

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Streaming Platform to design, build, and operate distributed data streaming systems that power core pipelines and real-time event processing. Based in Bellevue, WA, you will collaborate with product, data, and ML teams to scale the platform and improve reliability while delivering excellent developer experiences.

You will work on high-impact challenges, including securing scalable streaming infrastructure, and mentoring engineers to drive