Staff Backend Engineer, Government & Banking APIs

The Briefed; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock equity grants

401(k) company match

Comprehensive healthcare

Paid time off

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer on the Government Products team to design, build, and scale a standalone backend infrastructure optimized for high throughput, security, and global scale. You will architect data pipelines and secure APIs connecting government registries and institutional systems while mentoring senior engineers across Robinhood's platform.

The role emphasizes zero-to-one execution, regulatory alignment, and collaboration with Legal, Compliance, and Security to meet

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Mastery-level proficiency in Go or Python backend
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and API design
• Experience executing in zero-to-one product space
• Strong communication with Legal, Compliance, Security, and external partners

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy for a brand-new standalone backend infrastructure
• Architect secure data pipelines and robust APIs interfacing with government registries and institutions
• Serve as the primary technical authority, establish code standards and mentor engineers
• Partner with Product, Security, Legal, Compliance, and external stakeholders on regulatory constraints
• Own end-to-end backend stability, observability, and latency optimization

Skills

Distributed systems depth

Go / Python mastery

API design (gRPC/REST)

0-to-1 execution

Cross-functional communication

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer on the Government Products team to design, build, and scale a standalone backend infrastructure optimized for high throughput, security, and global scale. You will architect data pipelines and secure APIs connecting government registries and institutional systems while mentoring senior engineers across Robinhood's platform.

The role emphasizes zero-to-one execution, regulatory alignment, and collaboration with Legal, Compliance, and Security to meet