Software Developer, Backend

Robinhood•Toronto, ON

13d

About The Position

Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading. About the team(s) + role(s) As a Software Developer at Robinhood, you will be building and owning certain backend services, infrastructure and data that power our core financial products. You will gain a unique look into how the US financial systems work on the inside and strengthen your financial-domain knowledge. We strive for high standard of engineering quality while solving unique scalability challenges. You will have high impact at a relatively small company for our user base. Brokerage Our mission is to pave the way for us to launch new features, expand into different financial services, and welcome millions more people to the financial system. The Futures Team Our mission is to introduce futures trading and event contracts to millions of users by delivering a seamless, secure, and innovative experience. Crypto Team The Crypto Core Trading Team at Robinhood is the driving force behind delivering a seamless, intuitive, and powerful crypto trading experience for our 17 million crypto users.

Requirements

2+ years of software developer experience
You have a track record of successfully collaborating with cross-functional teams and delivering large-scope technical projects, setting a high standard for code quality and code review processes
You deeply understand the design, product, and backend development disciplines so that you can work effectively with them
Experience with Go or Python
Experience with Kafka and data streaming technologies
Experience with handling/processing large amounts of data
Familiarity with other parts of the team’s tech stack (Postgres, K8s, Redis, AWS or similar)

Nice To Haves

Experience at a fintech company or financial firm

Responsibilities

Build scalable systems and components, making the right tradeoffs to account for stability and long-term maintainability
Design, write, test, and release platform or product-facing features with stringent correctness and scalability requirements
Identify opportunities to improve system performance, team productivity, and reduce risk
Collaborate closely and effectively with cross-functional partners, client teams, and vendors