Staff Software Engineer, Storage Platform

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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 are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems We’re looking for bold thinkers Sharp problem-solvers

Builders who are wired to make an impact Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do

Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

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.

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Read a blog post or listen to this chat from members of the team! This role is based in our Bellevue, WA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

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