Senior Software Developer, Backend Platform

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.

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 Backend Platform team’s mission is to enable fast, safe, and reliable backend development at scale. The team focuses on improving how backend services are built and maintained by providing shared frameworks, secure dependency management, and high-quality developer tooling. You will contribute to systems that improve code quality, simplify service development, and support engineers across the organization in building maintainable services!

As a Senior Software Developer, you will lead projects that improve engineering efficiency, system reliability, and code quality across backend services. You will work on tools such as Django, static analysis systems, and development workflows while guiding technical direction for platform components like service setup, formatting pipelines, and IDE integrations. You will also collaborate with infrastructure and product teams to support large-scale migrations, improve development workflows, and strengthen backend architecture standards.

This role is based in our Toronto office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.

• →Design and lead high-impact projects to improve frameworks, common libraries, and the backend development lifecycle
• →Own and evolve core tooling used across the monorepo — including static analysis, code formatting, and project scaffolding
• →Build delightful developer experiences with enhanced IDE plugins (VSCode, Goland, PyCharm) and interface definition tools like Protobuf
• →Drive best practices in backend architecture through standardization, automation, and opinionated defaults
• →Mentor engineers across the org and champion team values like “Start with Why” and “Easy to Make the Right Choice”
• →Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align on tooling investments, migration strategies, and security improvements

• Significant experience building scalable backend systems in Go and/or Python
• Deep familiarity with server-side frameworks such as Django or Go-based systems
• Strong track record designing or maintaining internal developer platforms or shared infrastructure
• Experience mentoring engineers, guiding technical decisions, and contributing to team-wide strategies
• Passion for developer productivity, quality engineering practices, and thoughtful abstraction