Engineering Manager, Advisory Platform
About The Position
Robinhood is building an elite team applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. The Advisor Platform team builds systems that help financial advisors serve their clients through scalable, reliable technology. The team develops backend infrastructure that supports advanced financial products, with a focus on availability, performance, and secure data handling. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead engineers responsible for designing and delivering backend systems that operate at scale. You will guide architectural decisions, support engineers in solving complex technical challenges, and ensure systems meet reliability and performance expectations. You will partner with product managers, legal, compliance, and operations teams to align technical execution with business priorities and customer needs. In addition, you will support career development, team effectiveness, and consistent delivery across key initiatives. This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA and New York, NY offices, with in-person attendance expected at least 5 days per week. Robinhood believes 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
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, including experience managing engineers or engineering teams.
- Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems with a focus on reliability and performance.
- Delivered complex technical initiatives from planning through execution.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and business partners.
- Support team development through coaching, feedback, and structured growth planning.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and support the growth of a team of software engineers while fostering an inclusive and collaborative engineering culture.
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for brokerage services, balancing platform improvements with delivery of new capabilities.
- Work with product managers, legal, compliance, and operations teams to design reliable financial workflows and customer-facing systems.
- Establish operational metrics, architectural standards, and monitoring practices that improve system reliability, performance, and availability.
- Contribute to organizational planning, resource allocation, and technical direction across the Brokerage Engineering organization.
- Drive high performance by setting clear, focused goals, giving real-time feedback, stretching top talent, and scaling impact through focus, innovation, and tech.
- Hire and retain top talent by setting a high bar, hiring only those who raise it, investing in onboarding, and addressing talent issues quickly and fairly.
- Create community by connecting work to purpose, removing friction while prioritizing safety, building trust and inclusion, and leading from the front with integrity.
Benefits
- Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact
- bonus programs
- equity ownership
- 401(k) matching
- 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
- mental health benefits
- company holidays
- paid time off
- sick time
- parental leave
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
