Brokerage Risk, Senior Technical Analyst

Robinhood • Chicago, NY

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

Robinhood is seeking bold thinkers and sharp problem-solvers to join an elite team focused on applying frontier technologies to significant financial challenges. This role is within the Brokerage Risk, Strategy & Execution team, which empowers the company to innovate confidently by embedding supervision, risk intelligence, and governance into products, operational workflows, and decision-making. The Senior Technical Risk Analyst will be responsible for executing various components of brokerage risk management programs, including technical risk assessments, issue management, governance, and automation support for control and process improvements. This role requires close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, Security, and Enterprise Risk teams to ensure risks are identified, monitored, and addressed effectively. The position is based in Chicago, IL, Denver, CO, Lake Mary, FL, or New York, NY, with a requirement for at least 3 days per week in the office to foster innovation and community.

Requirements

• 5-10 years of experience in risk management, broker-dealer, RIA, clearing firm, fintech or related fields.
• Technical fluency including minimum SQL proficiency.
• Experience with Python scripting.
• Ability to develop dashboards (e.g., in Superset or Jira) and familiarity with data pipeline concepts.
• Familiarity with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and progressive deployment concepts.
• Experience with AI-assisted risk tooling, prompt engineering, or agentic workflows.
• Experience operating and managing GRC tooling (e.g., LogicGate, Coda) and comfort with AI tools/prompt-based automation.
• Regulatory awareness relevant to brokerage operations (e.g., FINRA, SEC, CFTC).

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end orchestration of technical risk assessments, including scheduling, facilitating discussions with senior engineers, tracking blockers, managing engineering follow-up, and ensuring launch sign-off.
• Serve as the single coordinator for the Issue Management Program, including triage, escalation, reporting, and periodic governance meetings.
• Maintain GRC system administration for Issue Management.
• Synthesize complex risk data into clear, actionable, leadership-ready materials for governance purposes.
• Drive accountability for issue owners across a matrixed organization.
• Build high cross-functional credibility to work comfortably with Engineering Managers (EMs) and leads.
• Support the team's automation goals to streamline processes and implement real-time controls in embedded workflows.
• Operate and manage AI agent-assisted workflows.

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: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed