Wallet Backend Engineer – DeFi/Blockchain

Socket.dev; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid health insurance for you

401(k) matching

Equity ownership

Bonus programs

Access to AI tools

Lifestyle wallet

Job summary

Robinhood is seeking a Software Engineer to build backend services powering Robinhood Wallet. You’ll design scalable systems, collaborate across product, design, and other engineering teams, and contribute to DeFi-enabled trading features for a global audience.

Responsibilities include delivering high-quality code, improving performance, and guiding architectural decisions. Office: New York or Menlo Park with in-person days; strong backend focus required.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of software development experience.
• Backend proficiency with Go, Python, or Java and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong system design, data modeling, and fundamentals.
• Proven ability to simplify problems and drive cross-team alignment.
• Accountability with delivering end-to-end products and raising standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, and deploy scalable backend services powering Robinhood Wallet.
• Develop features and platform enhancements with correctness and scalability.
• Improve system performance, engineering productivity, and risk reduction.
• Collaborate with client teams, product managers, designers, and vendors to deliver reliable solutions.

Skills

Backend development

Go

Python

Java

Cloud-native architectures

System design

Data modeling

Problem solving

Cross-team alignment

Job description

Robinhood is seeking a Software Engineer to build backend services powering Robinhood Wallet. You’ll design scalable systems, collaborate across product, design, and other engineering teams, and contribute to DeFi-enabled trading features for a global audience.

Responsibilities include delivering high-quality code, improving performance, and guiding architectural decisions. Office: New York or Menlo Park with in-person days; strong backend focus required.