Senior Software Developer, Compute Infra

About the team + role

The Compute Infrastructure Management, Orchestration team is responsible for providing a fully managed, standardized and scalable compute infrastructure. We maintain homegrown Kubernetes clusters that all Robinhood applications run on. Our job is to make this a seamless, zero-touch experience for fellow Robinhood engineers. Some of the initiatives that drive this includes:

• Kubernetes Cluster Lifecycle Management - making it easy and noiseless to create, delete, and upgrade clusters, as well as maintain and reconcile existing ones.
• Change Management System - providing a platform for other infra applications to continuously deploy and test their changes across our environments + unifying this experience across both application-level and infrastructure-level deployments
• Cost Efficiency - driving projects to reduce our compute usage
• Cloud Security - partnering with Security to reduce risk of compromise at the infrastructure level

We need a Senior Software Developer to help us craft the next generation of our compute layer that powers all of Robinhood engineering. We are a lean team that runs all of Robinhood’s Kubernetes infrastructure, and we aim to provide a first class platform for our engineers through automation, security by design, and a phenomenal developer experience.

The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.

What you’ll do

• Design and build large scale systems and automation that will forever change how we manage our infrastructure.
• Proactively identify and drive optimizations and improvements to the infrastructure and systems.
• Work on a small, highly collaborative team of mostly senior engineers
• Lead organization-wide collaboration for the team.
• Contribute to open source projects.

What you bring

• 4+ years of software engineering experience
• You have strong expertise with Kubernetes, AWS
• You have familiarity with Kubernetes cluster management / upgrades, change management, load/e2e testing
• You have familiarity with Golang, Terraform, UNIX or Linux operating system fundamentals
• You are comfortable diagnosing and troubleshooting low-level operating system issues to large scale failures within AWS cloud environments

Our team is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming interview experience for all candidates. If you require a specific accommodation during the application or interview process due to a physical or mental condition, please complete this Applicant Accommodation Form to notify our team. The form should only be completed if you need a specific accommodation.