Software Developer, Infrastructure

Robinhood Robinhood · Fintech · Menlo Park, CA +1 · ENG Infrastructure

Robinhood is hiring a Software Developer for their Infrastructure organization. This role will focus on building and operating foundational systems that power Robinhood's products and services, emphasizing reliability, scalability, and developer productivity. Responsibilities include developing backend systems, improving Kubernetes-based systems, provisioning cloud infrastructure, and debugging performance issues. The role requires experience with backend/infrastructure systems, Go/Python, Kubernetes, AWS, and infrastructure as code tools.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and maintain infrastructure platforms, services, and tooling that support application development and system reliability
  2. Develop backend systems and services using languages such as Go and Python, contributing to scalable and maintainable codebases
  3. Design and improve Kubernetes-based systems, including controllers, deployment workflows, and container infrastructure
  4. Partner with engineering teams to provision and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS environments
  5. Debug and resolve system performance issues across distributed systems and infrastructure layers

Skills

Required

  • experience building backend or infrastructure systems using languages such as Go, Python, or similar
  • familiarity with Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure platforms such as AWS
  • experience working with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or similar technologies
  • comfortable working with distributed systems and debugging complex system issues
  • interested in improving developer experience through tooling, automation, or platform development