Senior Backend Engineer, Growth

Robinhood•Menlo Park, CA

3d•$153,000 - $230,000

About The Position

As a Senior Backend Engineer on Robinhood’s Growth team, you will build experiences and systems that shape customer acquisition, activation, and long-term engagement. The team works on products tied to core company outcomes, including net funded accounts, net deposits, and Gold subscribers. You will take ownership of high-impact projects while strengthening the systems, patterns, and technical foundations that help the broader organization operate effectively. Working with product, design, data, and engineering partners, you will build reliable backend services, enable customer experiences, and help raise Robinhood’s scale and execution quality. The role includes driving ambiguous initiatives, shaping architecture, and creating durable backend capabilities.

Requirements

6+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record building and operating backend systems in production.
Strong proficiency in designing distributed systems, APIs, and data models for reliability and scale.
Experience leading medium-to-large technical projects with multiple stakeholders and clear business impact.
Ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving product environments and turn open-ended problems into pragmatic execution plans.
Strong product sense and willingness to engage deeply with customer experience, experimentation, and business outcomes.
High ownership mindset and ability to independently drive work from concept to production.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills across engineering and cross-functional partners.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and evolve backend services and APIs for Robinhood Gold experiences and growth journeys.
Own projects end to end, from technical design through launch, measurement, and iteration.
Partner with product, design, data, and engineering teams to turn ambiguous opportunities into scalable systems.
Improve reliability, performance, observability, and developer velocity for product-facing backend systems.
Help shape architecture and technical direction for systems supporting subscription experiences, member benefits, and engagement flows.
Use metrics and engineering judgment to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, debugging, and hands-on collaboration.
Raise engineering standards in system design, execution, and operational excellence.