Staff Backend Engineer, Event Contracts & Real-Time Markets

Robinhood; Edison (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity

401(k) matching

Bonuses

PTO

Mental health benefits

AI tools access

Catered meals

Job summary

Robinhood in the US is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer for the Prediction Markets team, owning the technical roadmap for core backend systems and driving architectural improvements at scale.

You will collaborate with product, leadership, and cross-functional partners to ensure infrastructure readiness for rapid growth, while upholding engineering excellence, ownership, and helping shape the team's culture and growth.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of backend engineering experience.
• Led large-scale distributed systems with availability and performance focus.
• Experience building for B2C scalable platforms.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration with product and leadership.
• Clear communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical roadmap for core backend systems.
• Design and build scalable, low-latency services for real-time trading.
• Lead engineering excellence initiatives: code quality and observability.
• Partner with product and platform teams to align direction with business goals.
• Mentor engineers and shape engineering culture.
• Contribute to hiring and onboarding as the team scales.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Hiring and mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Job description

Robinhood in the US is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer for the Prediction Markets team, owning the technical roadmap for core backend systems and driving architectural improvements at scale.

You will collaborate with product, leadership, and cross-functional partners to ensure infrastructure readiness for rapid growth, while upholding engineering excellence, ownership, and helping shape the team's culture and growth.