Senior Web Engineer, Options

Robinhood•Menlo Park, CA

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

Robinhood is hiring a Senior Web Engineer for its Options Web team, which builds customer-facing options trading experiences across Robinhood.com and Legend, its web trading platform for active traders. The work includes trading flows, options onboarding, monitoring tools, options details in the Legend positions widget, and the Option Chain tool. The role partners closely with product managers, designers, content designers when needed, and the mobile options team. The engineer will act as the technical lead for options on web, set direction on platform concerns such as performance and observability, and design, build, test, and roll out React and TypeScript features. The role owns projects from design through rollout, guides other engineers on larger efforts, diagnoses complex performance and data issues, identifies root causes, and establishes monitoring to catch problems early. The position is based in Menlo Park, California, with hybrid in-person attendance expected at least three days per week. Robinhood describes its environment as high-performing and fast-moving, with ethics at the center of its work. The company offers performance-driven compensation, bonus opportunities, equity, benefits, AI tools and skill-building, and an office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces. The expected base pay depends on compensation zone: $196,000–$230,000 in Zone 1, $172,000–$202,000 in Zone 2, and $153,000–$179,000 in Zone 3.

Requirements

At least 7 years of professional software development experience.
Strong web engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building production web applications in React and TypeScript.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills, with a record of finding root causes in performance and data problems.
Experience owning projects end to end, from design through development, testing, and rollout.
Experience leading projects and setting technical direction, such as improving performance or observability.
Clear communication about technical tradeoffs with engineers, product managers, and designers.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with options trading or other fintech and trading products; options experience is not required and the domain will be taught.
Prior tech lead experience, including at smaller companies.

Responsibilities

Act as tech lead for options on web and set technical direction on platform topics such as performance and observability.
Design, build, test, and roll out React and TypeScript features for trading flows, options onboarding, and monitoring tools.
Own projects end to end, from options-team projects to larger cross-team efforts.
Break larger projects into smaller pieces and guide other engineers as they build them.
Diagnose complex performance problems and data issues, including options calculations; find root causes and establish monitoring to detect problems early.
Partner with product managers, designers, and when needed content designers to shape and ship customer-facing features.
Work with the mobile options team to make options features consistent across platforms.

Benefits

Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact.
Bonus programs.
Equity ownership.
401(k) matching.
100% paid health insurance for employees and 90% coverage for dependents.
Access to the Robinhood Employee Fund, providing eligible US employees the opportunity to invest in a private employee fund with exposure to Robinhood Ventures funds.
Access to AI tools and continuous AI skill-building.
Lifestyle wallet, a flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more.
Employer-paid life and disability insurance.
Fertility benefits.
Mental health benefits.
Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave.
Catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.