Software Engineer (Tokenization)

Robinhood; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Robinhood seeks a Software Engineer to own backend services enabling tokenized equities on the Robinhood Chain. You will handle issuance, custody, and on-chain settlement with strong focus on correctness and auditability.

You will ship product features and platform enhancements while connecting traditional market infrastructure to on-chain systems, including smart contracts and DEX trade flows. You’ll work with product, compliance, and platform teams to deliver impactful technical solutions.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software development.
• Expertise in backend development using languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
• Interest in blockchain fundamentals - EVM, smart contracts, wallets, on-chain settlement - or a strong appetite to go deep quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build and own backend services that mint, custody, and settle tokenized equities on Robinhood Chain.
• Design, build, test, and deploy backend services with correctness and auditability.
• Develop product-facing features and platform enhancements.
• Bridge traditional market infrastructure and on-chain systems, including smart contract integrations and DEX flows.
• Identify and implement improvements to performance, productivity, and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, client, and platform teams to deliver solutions.

Skills

System design

Data modeling

Software engineering fundamentals

Backend development

Go

Python

Java

Cloud-native architectures

Blockchain fundamentals

On-chain settlement

Ownership mindset

Tools

Go

Python

Java

Job description

• The Tokenization team’s mission is to bring both public and private equity to be tradable 24/7 on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) across the Robinhood Chain. We work at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial market infrastructure, and modern distributed systems - with a focus on accessibility, security, and scalability. Equity markets have been closed nights and weekends for a century; we’re building the infrastructure that changes that
• As a Software Engineer, you’ll build and own backend services that make tokenized equities work end to end - issuance, custody, and settlement on-chain, kept in sync with traditional brokerage and ledger systems. You’ll ship product-facing features and platform capabilities in a domain where correctness is non-negotiable - the systems you build move real customer assets, continuously, around the clock
• Design, build, test, and deploy the backend services that mint, custody, and settle tokenized equities on the Robinhood Chain, with correctness and auditability as hard requirements
• Develop product-facing features and platform enhancements that meet strict correctness and scalability standards
• Build the connective tissue between traditional market infrastructure (brokerage, ledgers, corporate actions) and on-chain systems, including smart contract integrations, chain indexers, and DEX trade flows
• Identify and implement improvements to system performance, engineering productivity, and risk reduction
• Collaborate closely with product, compliance, client, and platform teams to deliver impactful technical solutions

Strong grasp of system design, data modeling, and software engineering fundamentals2+ years of experience in software developmentExpertise in backend development using languages such as Go, Python, or Java, with a solid grasp of cloud-native architecturesInterest in blockchain fundamentals - EVM, smart contracts, wallets, on-chain settlement - or a strong appetite to go deep quicklyStrong ownership mindset, with a track record of delivering high-quality projects end to end in cross-functional environmentsCare for correctness-critical systems - idempotency, reconciliation, and reasoning carefully about failure modes when money is at stake