Staff Web Engineer, Advisory Products — Hybrid NYC

Robinhood; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity ownership

401(k) matching

AI tools access

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Staff Web Engineer to design and scale full-stack systems spanning backend services and web apps for Advisors and Investors. You will lead architecture decisions, write code, and set technical direction while partnering with product, marketing, and finance teams.

You will influence open-ended requirements, coach engineers, and help raise the bar on quality and delivery in a growing, in-person hybrid team based in New York.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional engineering experience, with several years at the staff level and prior Team Lead experience.
• Hands-on experience building and scaling web systems, with strength in React, TypeScript, and Node, plus proficiency in Go and Python.
• Experience designing and reasoning about scalable, reliable architectures at the Staff Engineer (IC6) level or equivalent.
• An instinct for what users need and the judgment to turn that into sound product decisions.
• Strong communication skills for working with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
• Nice to have: experience building with AI-assisted workflows and shipping AI-powered features, and iOS or Android development experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build full-stack web systems, backend services and user-facing web applications.
• Create system and technical designs that hold up at scale, and reason through tradeoffs with your team before committing to an approach.
• Partner with other engineering teams, product, marketing, and finance stakeholders to turn ambiguous requirements into clear technical plans.
• Coach and review other engineers' work, helping raise the bar on code quality, design rigor, and delivery practices.
• Define mechanisms to ensure best practices are applied in our development cycle.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, including customers when needed, about progress and tradeoffs.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Go

Python

Staff IC6

Tools

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Go

Python

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Staff Web Engineer to design and scale full-stack systems spanning backend services and web apps for Advisors and Investors. You will lead architecture decisions, write code, and set technical direction while partnering with product, marketing, and finance teams.

You will influence open-ended requirements, coach engineers, and help raise the bar on quality and delivery in a growing, in-person hybrid team based in New York.