How much experience is required?

At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Core Exchange role.

What's the tech stack?

Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: WebSocket, AWS, MySQL, DynamoDB, FIX.

What seniority level is this role?

Robinhood targets staff-level candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Core Exchange role at Robinhood.

Staff Software Engineer, Core Exchange at Robinhood

Joblaze summary

In the role of Staff Software Engineer on the Core Exchange team at Robinhood, the engineer will focus on designing and optimizing high-performance trading APIs and services, ensuring low-latency and reliability for users. Key skills include extensive backend engineering experience, familiarity with cloud infrastructure, and a strong grasp of database technologies. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with a background in trading systems who are passionate about financial markets. The team is dedicated to enhancing the trading experience for active clients, making this a pivotal role in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

Joblaze insights

Listed about a month ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Robinhood's career page.
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Quick facts

How much experience is required?: At least 10 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer, Core Exchange role.
What's the tech stack?: Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: WebSocket, AWS, MySQL, DynamoDB, FIX.
What seniority level is this role?: Robinhood targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer, Core Exchange role at Robinhood.

From the original posting

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

Our Core Exchange team is responsible for all trading interfaces — including the Exchange REST API, FIX API, WebSockets, and market data services. The team’s mission is to deliver a best-in-class trading experience for API users, with a relentless focus on latency, reliability, and data correctness.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will help scale our trading infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of our most sophisticated users. This is a high-impact role for engineers who love low-latency systems, deeply care about precision, and want to directly shape the tools used by active traders worldwide.

Applications for this role will be accepted through May 25th.

What you'll do

Design and build performant, reliable, and scalable services for our API trading ecosystem.
Optimize low-latency data flows and trading paths, ensuring correctness under pressure.
Own and evolve core components of our REST, FIX, and WebSocket APIs.
Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and frontend teams to deliver seamless API solutions.
Participate in the team’s on-call rotation, supporting mission-critical systems used by our most active clients.
Continuously measure, monitor, and improve the trading API experience.

What you bring

10+ years of backend engineering experience.
Proven experience designing high-performance systems with low-latency and high-throughput requirements.
Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS services.
Solid database experience: SQL (MySQL) and/or NoSQL (DynamoDB).
Experience working on or with production-grade trading APIs or high-volume systems.
Structured thinker with strong communication skills and a customer-first mindset.

Nice to have

You’ve built or operated your own automated trading bot or trading system.
Hands-on experience with the FIX protocol and order management systems.
Knowledge of WebSockets, streaming market data, or real-time API performance tuning.
Passion for financial markets and an interest in building tools for professional traders.

What we offer

Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact and bonus programs
Top tier benefits to fuel your work, including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs
Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible employer-paid benefits spending account expenses beyond traditional benefits such as wellness, childcare, learning, and more.
Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, and more!
Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in-office commuting costs

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If our mission energizes you and you’re ready to build the future of finance, we look forward to seeing your application.

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