Design and implement distributed storage systems as a Staff Software Engineer on Robinhood's Storage Platform team.
Posted by employer 3 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 3 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 6 hours ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
Not disclosed in this posting: years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Staff Software Engineer for the Storage Platform at Robinhood focuses on designing and enhancing the infrastructure that supports the company's database systems, ensuring high availability and performance. Key skills include expertise in PostgreSQL, distributed systems, and proficiency in Go or Rust, along with experience in cloud services like AWS. This role is ideal for seasoned engineers with a strong background in system reliability and performance tuning, looking to make a significant impact in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 3 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Robinhood's careers page October 8, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
- Starts above 79% of 86 comparable staff backend roles in United States that list Go we track (median $209,912 across 35 companies). See Go salary trends
- Go appears in 35.3% of 309 comparable staff backend roles in United States; DynamoDB appears in 4.2% of 309 comparable staff backend roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform role remote?
- It's hybrid — Robinhood expects some on-site time in Bellevue, WA.
- What's the salary range?
- Robinhood lists $230,000–$270,000 for this role.
- Where is the role based?
- Robinhood is hiring for this position in Bellevue, WA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AWS, DynamoDB, Go, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Rust.
- 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, Storage Platform role at Robinhood.
From the original posting
Join us in building the future of finance.
The Storage Platform team builds and operates the platform that powers database access across Robinhood. We own relational (Postgres/Aurora), key-value (DynamoDB), and caching systems, along with the SDKs, control plane automation, and data plane services that enable safe and reliable access at scale. Our mission is to standardize and strengthen how services connect to storage, improve reliability and performance, and reduce operational overhead through automation. We manage thousands of databases and hundreds of caching clusters supporting millions of users and critical brokerage workloads. Availability is our highest priority — our systems are designed to meet strict uptime targets, including no downtime during market hours.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will design and evolve the core infrastructure that underpins Robinhood’s storage systems. You’ll lead complex distributed systems initiatives such as horizontal sharding, proxy-based query routing, connection pooling, and cross-shard transactions. You’ll work on improving database reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across multi-region deployments. This role has a direct impact on system availability, latency, and resiliency for customer-facing products and internal engineering teams.
Here is a blog post from the team!
This role is based in our Bellevue, WA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.
What you’ll do
- Design and implement distributed storage systems, including sharding strategies, query routing layers, and database proxy services
- Improve availability, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities across multi-region deployments
- Build and enhance control plane automation that manages thousands of databases and caching clusters at scale
- Optimize database performance and throughput by analyzing query patterns, improving connection pooling, and implementing observability standards
- Partner with product and infrastructure teams to standardize how services connect to Postgres, NoSQL, and caching systems while meeting regulatory and security requirements
What you bring
- Deep expertise in PostgreSQL (Aurora PostgreSQL preferred) and strong understanding of relational database internals
- Experience building or operating distributed systems, including horizontal sharding, replication, and distributed transactions (e.g., two-phase commit)
- Proficiency in Go and/or Rust, with experience building backend or infrastructure services
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS managed services (RDS, DynamoDB), and observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing)
- Strong understanding of system reliability, performance tuning, and cost optimization in high-scale production environments
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.
In addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities + equity + benefits.
Base Pay Range:
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