Android Engineer

Robinhood • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Our group is building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers & sharp problem-solvers. Individuals who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood is where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.
We’re excited to invite talented and motivated Android Engineers to join our award-winning team to help expand Robinhood’s mobile experience for our customers.
The Futures Engineering team builds and operates the end-to-end futures trading platform at Robinhood. They own the systems that allow customers to trade futures products safely, reliably, and at scale—from market connectivity and order execution to risk controls, margining, and real-time customer experience. This is a mission-critical, highly regulated engineering space where correctness, performance, and trust matter as much as speed.
As an Android Engineer on the Futures Engineering team, you’ll build customer-facing mobile experiences that enable safe, intuitive futures trading on top of real-time, high-stakes financial systems. You’ll collaborate closely with backend, product, design, and risk partners to deliver performant, reliable features while helping translate complex trading concepts into simple, trusted Android workflows.
This team is based in our New York, NY office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.
At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional Android development experience building consumer Android applications at scale, preferably in Kotlin and Compose
• Attention to detail, passion for writing clean, readable and maintainable code
• Proficiency in Kotlin or Java, and Jetpack
• Desire to improve Robinhood's app and codebase to ensure outstanding quality for our all users
• Strong product sense and ability to collaborate with Product Managers and Designers
• Excellent communication skills and passion for solving technical challenges
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred; equivalent training or work experience also acceptable

Nice To Haves

• Coroutines & Flow (preferred)
• RxJava
• Retrofit & Room

Responsibilities

• Work with a fast-growing team to revolutionize finance at speed and scale
• Build smooth, stable, and elegant products with Kotlin and the newest Android APIs
• Own features from inception to design, implementation, and launch
• Work cross-functionally with Product Designers, Product Managers, Backend Developers, and Data team
• Work with Kotlin, Android SDK & Jetpack Compose, MVVM, Coroutines & Flow (preferred) OR RxJava, and Retrofit & Room

Benefits

• Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
• Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
• Best in class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
• Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
• Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
• Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree