Senior Software Engineer, AI Security

Robinhood•Bellevue, WA

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help build a scalable, secure AI platform that enables security teams to develop and operate AI-powered agents and security solutions. The role focuses on foundational platform infrastructure and security primitives, including identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, and platform safety. The engineer will build systems at the intersection of AI, distributed systems, and security, working closely with security and engineering teams to make AI development easier while building security into the platform from the start. This is a hands-on engineering role involving platform design and implementation, complex technical problem-solving, and shaping the secure adoption of AI across security. The position is based in the Menlo Park, California, or Bellevue, Washington offices, with in-person attendance expected at least three days per week.

Requirements

At least 5 years of software development experience.
At least 3 years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, including experience designing systems around security concepts such as authentication, authorization, identity, or encryption.
Experience building AI platforms, AI infrastructure, or production systems supporting AI-powered applications or agents.
Proficiency in Go or Python, with strong problem-solving and production debugging skills.
Experience with cloud-native platforms and distributed systems technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, gRPC, or Kafka.
Strong understanding of security fundamentals and experience incorporating security into production-system design.
Experience designing and building reusable platform capabilities, APIs, libraries, or developer tooling.
Proven experience delivering large engineering projects with meaningful, long-term impact.
Strong technical judgment and ability to make thoughtful trade-offs across security, reliability, scalability, and developer experience.
Ability to solve complex engineering problems and collaborate effectively across security and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Design and build a scalable AI platform for security teams to develop, deploy, and operate AI-powered agents and security capabilities.
Build foundational platform services, APIs, libraries, and SDKs that help teams integrate AI into security workflows.
Design secure systems with identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, and data protection controls.
Build and operate reliable, large-scale distributed systems supporting AI-powered security use cases.
Develop platform capabilities and guardrails that allow teams to build and operate AI agents safely.
Partner with security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to understand needs and translate them into reusable platform capabilities.
Identify ways to improve platform performance, developer experience, reliability, and security through automation.
Help shape the technical direction and architecture of Robinhood’s AI Security platform as the team and platform grow.

Benefits

Performance-driven compensation, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
100% paid health insurance for employees and 90% coverage for dependents.
Eligible U.S. employees may access the Robinhood Employee Fund, which provides exposure to Robinhood Ventures funds.
Access to AI tools and continuous AI skill-building.
Flexible lifestyle benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more.
Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
Fertility benefits and mental health benefits.
Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
Catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
Bonus opportunities and equity in addition to base pay.