Staff Software Engineer, Exchange PlatformActive

The opportunity

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.

What you'll do

  • Architect Strategic Infrastructure: Define and drive the long-term architectural vision for high-availability, low-latency cloud platforms, setting engineering standards that ensure performance, reliability, and portability across our global ecosystem.

  • Lead Modernization at Scale: Spearhead multi-quarter modernization initiatives, driving the transition of foundational services to resilient, containerized cloud environments while optimizing deployment pipelines and auto-scaling patterns.

  • Direct High-Stakes Integrations: Lead the technical alignment and distributed architecture bridging Bitstamp’s exchange backend with Robinhood’s global infrastructure, solving complex cross-organization technical challenges.

  • Eliminate Operational Toil & Technical Debt: Anticipate future scalability bottlenecks and architect self-healing systems and intelligent automation that radically reduce operational load and boost developer velocity.

  • Exercise Systemic Ownership: Take end-to-end accountability for ambiguous, high-impact technical initiatives—navigating complex trade-offs between speed, resilience, cost, and maintainability.

  • Foster Technical Leadership & Culture: Mentor and elevate senior engineers, lead architectural design reviews, and establish engineering best practices that raise the bar across the organization.

What they're looking for

  • Uphold Platform Resilience: Act as a senior escalation point for high-severity incidents, lead rigorous post-mortems, and institute systemic safeguards to ensure 24/7 unshakeable platform integrity.