Staff Software Engineer, Government Products

The role

You will lead the technical design and implementation of a standalone backend infrastructure for a government-backed initiative. You will design secure data pipelines and APIs to integrate with government registries and banking systems.

What you will do

• Lead technical design, architectural strategy, and implementation of a new standalone backend infrastructure.
• Design secure data pipelines and robust APIs to integrate government-backed registries and banking systems.
• Guide engineering teams across the brokerage ecosystem and mentor senior engineers.
• Partner with Product, Security, Legal, and external stakeholders to navigate regulatory constraints.
• Own backend stability and performance tuning for high-volume user rollouts.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience as a principal or staff-level engineer.
• Experience driving multi-year technical vision and architecture for large-scale distributed systems.
• Mastery-level proficiency in designing and maintaining high-throughput, low-latency distributed infrastructure and secure data pipelines using Python or Go.
• Deep expertise in domain modeling, microservices architecture, and building reliable APIs.
• Experience in a zero-to-one product space and navigating technical ambiguity.
• Experience serving as a primary technical point of contact across an organization.
• Exceptional communication skills to translate legal or regulatory constraints into backend infrastructure.

Benefits

• Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
• 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
• Lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and more
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
• Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave
• Catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces

Before you apply

• This position is restricted to US citizens or lawful permanent residents

About the company

Robinhood is building the future of finance with a mission to democratize finance for all. The company is working alongside BNY and the U.S. Department of Treasury to develop and operate a program to expand market access.