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Software Engineer, Proactive Capabilities

Robinhood - Bellevue, WA, United States - Hybrid - posted 2026-08-13

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Robinhood's Proactive Capabilities team is building novel security tooling and automation to eliminate business impact from threat actors. As a Software Engineer on this team, you will design, build, and scale engineering tools that empower Security Engineers, eliminate operational toil, and expand security coverage across Robinhood's platform. Key responsibilities include: - Build and scale flexible, reliable security tooling and services that improve visibility and expand scan coverage across Robinhood and its entities - Design and deploy AI agents and security automation workflows to drive proactive security risk discovery and remediation - Partner cross-functionally with Security Engineering and Product Engineering teams to establish secure-by-default software design patterns and paved paths - Participate in design and system reviews alongside Proactive Security initiatives - Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain high availability and reliability for critical team security services Required qualifications: - Proven software engineering fundamentals and practical system design skills, with experience building scalable, reliable microservices and tools - Proficiency in Go or Python (preference for Go) - Hands-on experience building and deploying services in cloud environments (AWS preferred, or GCP equivalent) - Solid foundational knowledge of containerization and Kubernetes concepts - Strong security domain context, including understanding of the attacker lifecycle, application security concepts, and hands-on experience developing or integrating security tooling - Pragmatic, curious, and collaborative mindset with ability to navigate ambiguous problem spaces Bonus qualifications include experience with AI/LLMs for security problems, developer productivity initiatives, AppSec background, bug bounty participation, or advanced Kubernetes/enterprise security platform experience. The role is based in Bellevue, WA and Menlo Park, CA offices with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week. Robinhood offers competitive compensation with performance-driven bonuses, equity ownership, comprehensive health insurance, flexible benefits spending, and extensive time off.

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