SlipstreamJobs tracks this role from the company's public career site. Apply directly on the employer's site.
Salary: USD 264,000 - 310,000 / annual
Robinhood is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead the Developer Infrastructure organization, serving as the technical driver unifying four major teams: DevX (Developer Experience), TestX (Test Infrastructure), Backend Platform, and Mobile Platform. This role is based in Menlo Park, CA or New York, NY with in-person attendance required at least 3 days per week.
You will own the technical direction and roadmap for the entire Developer Infrastructure org, with primary focus on DevX and Robinhood's Bazel-based monorepo build infrastructure. Your responsibilities include:
- Serving as the Uber Tech Lead across DevX, TestX, Backend Platform, and Mobile Platform, unifying four engineering teams under a shared technical vision
- Leading and evolving Robinhood's Bazel-based monorepo build infrastructure, including the remote build execution cluster, and driving language-agnostic build optimization across Python, Go, TypeScript, and more
- Scaling CI/CD pipelines to support thousands of daily builds with speed, safety, and reliability, overseeing GitHub repository configurations, pre-merge checks, and test execution infrastructure
- Driving the vision for TestX — test infrastructure and environments powering Robinhood's entire test experience, including integration test environments and personal development environments
- Championing the integration of AI and agentic systems across the full software development lifecycle, driving initiatives that use intelligent automation and coding agents to multiply developer velocity
- Setting technical standards across Backend Platform and Mobile Platform, owning the vision for core language runtimes, libraries, IDE tooling, and developer environment security
- Partnering with engineering leadership to define and execute a long-term developer infrastructure roadmap that embeds AI as a force multiplier at every layer of the SDLC
Robinhood's Developer Infrastructure org is the engine behind the entire engineering organization, with a collective mission to make every engineer faster, more reliable, and exponentially more productive. The org is leveraging AI and agentic systems to fundamentally transform Robinhood's software development lifecycle.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated track record at the Senior Staff, Principal, or Distinguished Engineer level — you've set technical direction at the org or company level, not just the team level
- Deep expertise with Bazel and large-scale monorepo build systems — you've owned remote build execution infrastructure at scale and understand the architectural tradeoffs deeply
- Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines at massive scale — across thousands of daily builds, multiple programming languages, and complex pre-merge pipeline logic
- Fluency in Go and/or Python; broad familiarity with TypeScript, Swift, or Android development environments is a strong signal
- Strong background with distributed systems, Kubernetes, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) — you understand the full stack of developer tooling from IDE to deployment
- Experience with test infrastructure, integration test environments, or developer environment platforms — you understand what a great test experience looks like at scale
- Genuine interest in or hands-on experience with agentic AI systems, automated code review, or AI-driven developer velocity programs — you have a clear point of view on how AI will reshape the software development lifecycle
- Exceptional technical leadership, communication, and influence skills — you've unified cross-functional engineering teams around a shared vision and driven ambiguous, org-spanning initiatives to completion
- Track record of mentoring senior engineers and elevating the technical bar across large, diverse engineering organizations
