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Senior Staff Security Engineer, Security Engineering

Robinhood· Security Division
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Hybrid (Bellevue, WA; Menlo Park, CA)$247k - $290kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Staff Software Security Engineer role within Robinhood's Security Engineering organization, focused on building and operating security platforms, authentication/identity infrastructure, cryptography, and AI security at scale in production across Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA.

Responsibilities

  • Identify, own and execute on the the highest-leverage technical problems across Security Engineering — from authentication and identity infrastructure to cloud security, cryptography, and AI security — and drive them from concept through production, writing code along the way
  • Design and build security systems for Robinhood's AI and agentic infrastructure — including runtime authentication, credential management, and runtime validation systems that allow AI capabilities to operate safely and reliably at scale
  • Build intelligent internal security platforms that use AI to multiply the program's effectiveness — including tooling that finds vulnerabilities faster, improves detection fidelity, and scales security coverage across the company
  • Partner with engineering managers and senior technical leads across Security Engineering teams to establish priorities, resolve complex technical tradeoffs, and align roadmaps around shared cross-cutting investments
  • Stay operationally close to production — your architectural decisions should always be grounded in how systems actually behave at scale, not just how they look on a whiteboard

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of software or security engineering experience, with a demonstrated track record at the Senior Staff or Principal level — you operate at IC7 scope and you have the output to show for it
  • Strong builder orientation — you have designed, built, operated, and maintained production security systems end-to-end; you don't hand designs to other teams to implement
  • Deep expertise in one or more of: Identity & Access Management (IAM), authentication systems, cryptography, cloud security (AWS), or infrastructure security — with genuine breadth across adjacent security domains
  • Hands-on experience securing AI infrastructure, LLM integrations, agentic systems, or AI-adjacent authentication and credential management challenges — this is a priority area for the team and a strong differentiator
  • Proficiency in Go and/or Python applied to building backend security platforms, internal tooling, or security infrastructure — not just scripting or automation
  • Strong distributed systems fundamentals and comfort operating in a complex, multi-team production environment
  • The ability to identify unstructured, high-impact technical problems independently and build a path to solving them without waiting for top-down direction

Skills

Required:Identity & Access Management (IAM)Authentication systemsCryptographyCloud security (AWS)Infrastructure securityGoPythonDistributed systems

Benefits

  • Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
  • Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
  • Top Tier benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
  • Access to the Robinhood Employee Fund that gives eligible US employees the opportunity to invest in a private employee fund that provides exposure to Robinhood Ventures funds
  • Access to the best AI tools on the market and continuous AI skill-building for every employee, technical or not
  • Lifestyle wallet - flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
  • Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
  • Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more
  • Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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