Senior Staff Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure
Robinhood · Bellevue, WA
About this role
## 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 We’re building an elite team applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers, sharp problem-solvers, and builders who are wired to make an impact. ### Core Infrastructure The Core Infrastructure team builds and evolves the foundational platform that every Robinhood engineering team builds on—owning the systems, primitives, and developer-facing abstractions that power **24/7 trading, crypto, and global expansion**. We treat infrastructure as a product: **reliable, fast to provision, and invisible** to the teams above it. ### Senior Staff Software Engineer (Core Infrastructure) You’ll own the architectural evolution of three deeply interconnected domains: - **Service mesh and connectivity** - **Compute platform** - **Infrastructure provisioning** Your decisions will shape engineering velocity, operational reliability, and Robinhood’s ability to expand to new regions and markets. This is **not** an operations role—it’s a once-in-a-platform-lifecycle opportunity to redesign the foundation before complexity becomes permanent. **Location:** Bellevue, WA (in-person expected at least **3 days/week**) --- ## What you’ll do - Own **service mesh architecture end-to-end**: standardize and evolve Robinhood’s Istio and Envoy deployment, eliminate deprecated communication patterns, and build the networking foundation for multi-region operation. - Drive **Kubernetes compute platform evolution**: define long-term direction for cluster lifecycle, scheduling strategy, control plane architecture, and multi-region resiliency across Robinhood’s compute fleet. - Redesign **infrastructure provisioning**: transform Terraform from ad-hoc configurations into a scalable, self-service platform capability for rapid region provisioning and developer autonomy. - Operate with **source-level depth**: diagnose and resolve issues at the Kubernetes API machinery, etcd, Envoy xDS, and Terraform provider layer; contribute upstream where it serves the platform. - Define **technical direction across teams**
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