- Company: Robinhood
- Location: Menlo Park, CA
- Job type: Full-time
- Salary: $196,000 – $230,000 (Zone 1); $172,000 – $202,000 (Zone 2); $153,000 – $179,000 (Zone 3)
About the role
Robinhood is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead the Observability team. You will serve as the technical lead for the company’s full-stack observability platform, which ensures reliable performance across all products and services. This is a high-ownership position where you will shape the roadmap for how Robinhood monitors its infrastructure at scale. The role is based in the Menlo Park, CA office, with in-person attendance expected at least three days per week.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the technical vision for metrics, logs, traces, and alerting infrastructure.
- Own the observability control plane, including telemetry ingestion pipelines and cost management strategies.
- Lead a team of six engineers to build scalable, self-service observability solutions.
- Establish and maintain Service Level Objectives (SLOs) that meet or exceed a 99.9% uptime target.
- Partner with the Command Center and engineering teams to align on incident response and observability standards.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record in large-scale observability or infrastructure platforms.
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes and public cloud environments, with AWS preferred.
- Strong coding proficiency in Go, Python, or similar languages, including experience integrating observability agents into production code.
- Demonstrated experience owning an observability control plane or telemetry pipeline in a high-traffic environment.
- Familiarity with tools such as Vector, Prometheus, Grafana, Honeycomb, Humio, or Sentry is a plus.
Pay and benefits
- Base pay ranges: $196,000–$230,000 (Zone 1), $172,000–$202,000 (Zone 2), and $153,000–$179,000 (Zone 3).
- Eligibility for bonus opportunities, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
- 100% paid health insurance for employees and 90% coverage for dependents.
- Access to top-tier AI tools and continuous AI skill-building resources.
- A flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness and learning, plus employer-paid life and disability insurance.
- Comprehensive time off including holidays, PTO, sick time, and parental leave.
- Exceptional office experience with catered meals and comfortable workspaces.
How to apply
Apply directly on Robinhood’s own careers website. Omadaily never charges job seekers.
