Staff Software Engineer, Streaming Infrastructure

About the team + role

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

The Streaming Platform team’s mission is to enable real-time, reliable, and scalable data streaming across Robinhood’s products and infrastructure. We build and maintain foundational platforms that power communication between services and unlock streaming analytics across the company. Our systems are critical to Robinhood’s ability to build innovative financial products and deliver seamless experiences to our customers!

Here is an example of some of the exciting projects the team is working on!

• Robinhood’s Use of WarpStream for Logging
• Robinhood’s Kafka Journey from EC2 to Kubernetes
• Robinhood’s Kafka Proxy

As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll design, develop, and operate distributed systems that support core data pipelines and real-time event processing. You’ll collaborate with engineers across product, data, and ML teams to scale our platform, improve reliability, and enhance the developer experience across the company.

This role is based in our Bellevue, WA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.

What you’ll do

• Design and operate distributed data streaming platforms that scale to billions of events per day
• Develop secure, performant, and highly reliable systems using technologies like Kafka, Flink, and Debezium
• Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, data, and ML teams to ensure the platform supports diverse use cases
• Build tools and documentation to deliver a smooth, empowering experience for internal developers
• Mentor and support other engineers to drive architectural decisions and long-term technical strategy

What you bring

• 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including building distributed systems at scale
• A background in tools like Kafka, Flink and Debezium
• Proficiency in designing and implementing event-driven architectures and stream processing systems
• A passion for platform engineering and creating great experiences for other developers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across technical teams

What we offer

• Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
• Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Best-in-class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents.
• Lifestyle wallet — a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more.
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
• Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
• Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.