Engineering Manager, Cloud Networking

Join a leading fintech company that’s democratizing finance for all.

Robinhood Markets was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood and its subsidiaries and affiliates are lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

With growth as the top priority...

The business is seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply.

About the team + role

The Networking team’s mission is to build and deploy the fundamental systems that enable real-time, low-latency, inter-service communication in a highly-scalable, robust, and reliable manner.

As Engineering Manager, Cloud Networking, you will lead the networking team in delivering the next generation of Robinhood’s cloud networking infrastructure, making strategic decisions that balance risk, innovation, and long-term maintainability. Robinhood’s products are powered by a multitude of microservices working together. In order for these microservices to work together, they need to be able to locate and connect with each other. We use Kubernetes for our container orchestration, Terraform as our infrastructure as code framework, Istio for our service mesh, Envoy as our edge and service proxy, and Unbound and CoreDNS as our DNS.

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

• Maintain tier-0 availability and performance standards for interservice communication, critical to Robinhood’s operational success.
• Drive proactive improvements in our infrastructure, anticipating growth and reliability needs ahead of demand.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers in the team.
• Lead organization-wide roadmaps and drive collaboration across Robinhood.
• Contribute to open source projects.

What you bring

• You’ve led teams operating Kubernetes-based platforms at scale in AWS, and have driven adoption of internal standards for deployment, networking, and service communication.
• You understand the security implications of service-to-service communication and have experience working with security teams on authentication, encryption, and policy enforcement.
• You have experience leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• You are an authority in Cloud Networking and Microservice Architecture.
• You know the ins and outs of running and deploying low latency, large scale distributed systems.
• Expert level knowledge with working on Kubernetes and AWS.
• Familiarity with writing highly concurrent systems and load balancing techniques.
• You are a validated tech lead with experience planning and leading large projects with long-term impact on a single system or team.
• Proven for driving high impact projects that involved organization-wide collaboration within the company.
• Have a strong technical grasp and have excellent judgment on task prioritizations.
• A history of crafting and applying new processes and tooling to increase engineering efficiency.
• You have a passion for mentoring junior engineers and improving the engineering craftsmanship.
• Experienced with service discovery or service mesh type systems

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.

Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected salary range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed. This role is also eligible to participate in a Robinhood bonus plan and Robinhood’s equity plan.

Click here to learn more about available Benefits, which vary by region and Robinhood entity.

We’re looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. If you’re ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission—we’d love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.

Robinhood embraces a diversity of backgrounds and experiences and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone. Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights. Please review the specific Robinhood Privacy Policy applicable to the country where you are applying.