Senior Software Engineer, Streaming Platform

<div class="content-intro"><h2>Join us in building the future of finance.</h2> <p>Our mission is to democratize finance for all. <a href="https://www.cerulli.com/press-releases/cerulli-anticipates-124-trillion-in-wealth-will-transfer-through-2048" target="_blank">An estimated $124 trillion of assets</a> 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.</p></div><h4><strong>About the team + role</strong></h4> <p>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.</p> <p>The Streaming Platform team’s mission is to enable real-time, reliable, and scalable data streaming across Robinhood’s products and infrastructure. We build and maintain foundational platforms that power communication between services and unlock streaming analytics across the company. Our systems are critical to Robinhood’s ability to build innovative financial products and deliver seamless experiences to our customers!</p> <p>As a <strong>Senior Software Engineer</strong>, you’ll design, develop, and operate distributed systems that support core data pipelines and real-time event processing. You’ll collaborate with engineers across product, data, and ML teams to scale our platform, improve reliability, and enhance the developer experience across the company.</p> <p>Here’s some of the exciting challenges the team has been solving:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://current.confluent.io/post-conference-videos-25/robinhoods-use-of-warpstream-for-logging-e-nola25">Robinhood’s Use of WarpStream for Logging</a>&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://current.confluent.io/2024-sessions/robinhoods-kafka-journey-from-ec2-to-kubernetes">Robinhood’s Kafka Journey from EC2 to Kubernetes</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.confluent.io/events/current/2023/robinhoods-kafkaproxy-decoupling-kafka-consumer-logic-from-application/">Robinhood’s Kafka Proxy</a></li> </ul> <p>This role is based in our <strong>Bellevue, WA </strong>office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.</p> <p>At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, en