Job Specifications
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 + role
Robinhood's products are powered by a multitude of powerful microservices working in unison. In order for these microservices to work, they need to be able to locate and communicate with each other. As the Service Discovery and Communication team, we build and deploy the fundamental systems that enable this real-time, inter-service communication all while being highly-scaleable, robust and reliable!
The team builds with Go and Python as the main language and frameworks of choice with C++ being a bonus. We also use Envoy for load balancing and global routing, Unbound and CoreDNS as our DNS, and gRPC for inter-service communication. We also heavily utilize Kubernetes, AWS, service discovery and service mesh type systems.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help from a very technical lens. This engineer will have true ownership, continuing to innovate to delight our users. You will act as a mentor, problem solver, coder and work with other leaders in the team.
The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.
What You'll Do
Contribute to and execute on the technical strategy, standards, and roadmap.
Design large scale, distributed systems within the team, making the right tradeoffs for risk and long-term maintainability.
Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems.
Be a hands-on contributor for critical projects on the roadmap.
Mentor and up-level the team.
Contribute to open source projects.
What You Bring
Strong understanding of Networking and Microservice Architecture and a familiarity with writing highly concurrent systems with load balancing techniques.
Experience in traffic management platforms and service mesh technologies like envoy, istio, linkerd, cilium, etc.
Have a strong technical grasp, excellent judgment on task prioritizations and expertise with a focus on reliability, scalability, and correctness.
You are able to tackle sophisticated engineering problems that deliver results which help the team to achieve its objectives.
You have a history of creating and applying new processes and tooling to increase engineering efficiency.
Passion in mentoring junior engineers and improving the engineering craftsmanship!
Our team is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming interview experience for all candidates. If you require a specific accommodation during the application or interview process due to a physical or mental condition, please complete this Applicant Accommodation Form to notify our team. The form should only be completed if you need a specific accommodation.
In addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities + equity + benefits.
Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected base pay range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed.
Base Pay Range
Toronto, ON
$145,000--$170,000 CAD
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If our mission energizes you and you're ready to build the future of finance, we look forward to seeing your application.
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