- Company: Robinhood
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: CAD 200,000 – 235,000
About the role
Robinhood is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Backend Platform team in Toronto. This role focuses on building the foundation for backend development by creating shared frameworks, libraries, and tooling. You will set technical direction and lead initiatives that improve how backend systems are developed and operated across the company.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead large-scale initiatives to improve backend development systems, including frameworks and shared libraries.
- Design long-term technical solutions that support scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Guide the evolution of core tooling such as static analysis, formatting systems, and service scaffolding.
- Partner with infrastructure, security, and product engineering teams to plan and execute platform improvements.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance to improve code quality and system design.
Requirements
- Extensive experience building and scaling backend systems using Go and Python.
- Deep knowledge of backend frameworks such as Django, gRPC, or comparable systems in Go.
- Experience designing internal platforms, developer tooling (such as Bazel), or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical projects and influence engineering direction across teams.
- Commitment to improving developer workflows, system quality, and maintainability through thoughtful design.
Pay and benefits
- Base salary: CAD 200,000 – 235,000.
- Performance-driven compensation including bonus opportunities and equity ownership.
- Top-tier benefits including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs.
- A flexible employer-paid benefits spending account for wellness, childcare, learning, and more.
- Time off including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, and parental leave.
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
- Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in-office commuting costs.
How to apply
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