Who you are

• The business is seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future
• If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply
• 5+ years of software development experience working in a fast paced environment
• 3+ years experience writing low latency, large scale distributed systems
• Proficiency in Go or Python, with exceptional technical grasp with problem-solving and production debugging skills
• Strong ownership and experience building and operating high-scale, distributed systems across the full software lifecycle
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team and across engineering teams
• Experience mentoring junior developers and leading the team technically on new initiatives and system improvement

What the job involves

• The Detection and Response team protects the security and privacy of Robinhood and its customers through rapid detection, response, and containment of cybersecurity threats and using lessons learned from incidents to inform continuous improvement of security controls.mission/focus)
• Join a team committed to developing a robust detection and response platform that empowers the operations team to implement detections within the Robinhood environment
• We innovate and engineer scalable detection solutions, enabling teams to build and operate securely
• By collaborating across product and platform engineering, you'll drive impactful solutions that seamlessly integrate detection data sources into the development lifecycle
• If you're passionate about solving real-world detection platform challenges with cutting-edge technology, this is the team for you
• Build scalable systems and components, making the right tradeoffs to account for stability and long-term maintainability
• Design, write, test, and release critical technical solutions with high engineering rigor
• Collaborate with multi-functional teams and deliver large-scope technical quality projects
• Mentor junior developers on the team and lead project of large complexity
• Find opportunities to improve system performance, team efficiency, and minimize risks

Benefits

• Well-being - Premium medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Family & home life - Parental leave, personal prosperity benefits
• Comfort & care - Annual lifestyle stipend
• Office life - Catered meals and fully stocked kitchen, commuter benefits
• Growth - Education and training, community events, career mentorships