Software Engineer - Experimentation Platform (Full Stack)

Posted:
11/25/2024, 2:05:25 AM

Location(s):
New York, New York, United States ⋅ Menlo Park, California, United States ⋅ Washington, United States ⋅ Bellevue, Washington, United States ⋅ California, United States ⋅ New York, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Pay:
$192/hr or $399,360 total comp

Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood Markets was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood and its subsidiaries and affiliates are lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

With growth as the top priority...

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.

About the team + role

Robinhood has an expansive experimentation A/B testing platform, Kaizen, and SerVars, our Dynamic Configuration platform. Using these services, Robinhood is able to run significant experiments to identify new and novel ways to continue to democratize finance! These services are widely used across the company and reach up to 1.5 million TPS! We build the service in modern Go, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, and React and work very closely with multi-functional partners to ship features daily.

We are looking for a Software Engineer, with a passion for full stack development, to help us grow from our current walk stage of the offerings to aspirational leap/fly stages. If you are passionate about building exceptional UI and ensuring every user has a phenomenal experience we would love to talk to you about 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

  • Develop responsive and intuitive UI components to ensure seamless integration of user feedback-driven changes into the UI.
  • Create or update RESTful or GraphQL APIs to support frontend features in order to ensure APIs are optimized for speed and scalability to handle real-time user interactions.
  • Collaborate with designers and PMs to refine user flows based on customer feedback.
  • Cross functionally collaborate with users, understanding their workflows and limitations, in order to build an interactive, next-generation level user experience.
  • Develop A/B testing frameworks to evaluate the impact of features while implementing feature flags for controlled rollouts and segmentation.

What you bring

  • Demonstrated experience you are a proven engineer with experience planning and building large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team.
  • Strong understanding of frontend development ideally with technologies like, or similar to JavaScript/TypeScript, React.js, Next.js (or similar), HTML5, CSS3, and modern web standards. Frontend Development:
  • Experience with server-side languages/frameworks (e.g., Python/Django, Node.js, or Java/Scala) and building RESTful APIs and GraphQL endpoints.
  • (Big Plus) Proficiency with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL), knowledge of NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, Memcached).

What we offer

  • Market competitive and pay equity-focused compensation structure
  • 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
  • Annual lifestyle wallet for personal wellness, learning and development, and more!
  • Lifetime maximum benefit for family forming and fertility benefits
  • Dedicated mental health support for employees and eligible dependents
  • Generous time away including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
  • Lively office environment with catered meals, fully stocked kitchens, and geo-specific commuter 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 salary range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. This role is also eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood’s equity plan. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.

Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC)
$157,000$185,000 USD
Zone 2 (Denver, CO; Westlake, TX; Chicago, IL)
$139,000$163,000 USD
Zone 3 (Lake Mary, FL)
$122,000$144,000 USD

Click here to learn more about available Benefits, which vary by region and Robinhood entity.

We’re looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. If you’re ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission—we’d love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Robinhood embraces a diversity of backgrounds and experiences and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone. Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights. Please review the specific Robinhood Privacy Policy applicable to the country where you are applying.