Senior Wallet Backend Engineer

Robinhood; City of Schenectady (NY); Hybrid; USD 196,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation & equity

Hybrid/In‑office 3 days/week

100% paid health insurance

AI tools access & wellness wallet

Life & disability insurance

Parental leave & PTO

Catered meals & events

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the backend services powering the Robinhood Wallet. You will design scalable architectures, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, security, and external providers to deliver high‑quality crypto and tokenized stock experiences.

Based in New York or Menlo Park, this role requires in‑person work at least 3 days per week. Expect performance‑driven compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits as you help democratize access to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Backend skills with Go, Python, or Java.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and services.
• Strong system design and data modeling fundamentals.
• Ability to mentor engineers and raise team standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy scalable backend services powering Robinhood Wallet.
• Develop product-facing features with strict correctness and scalability.
• Identify and implement improvements to performance and productivity.
• Collaborate with client teams, product managers, designers, and external vendors.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical standards through reviews and architecture discussions.

Skills

5+ yrs exp

Backend: Go/Python/Java

Cloud-native

System design & data modeling

Mentorship/leadership

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to own the backend services powering the Robinhood Wallet. You will design scalable architectures, mentor engineers, and collaborate across product, security, and external providers to deliver high‑quality crypto and tokenized stock experiences.

Based in New York or Menlo Park, this role requires in‑person work at least 3 days per week. Expect performance‑driven compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits as you help democratize access to