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# Software Engineer, Storage Platform

- **Company:** Robinhood
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $196,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Query Performance, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Databases, Relational Databases, Database Connection, PostgreSQL, Indexer, Backend, Kubernetes
- **Published:** August 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/03123d20-8ed6-432b-b401-6712fddf7f98

## About the Role

* Strong experience building and operating backend or infrastructure systems in production environments
 * Solid knowledge of PostgreSQL and relational database concepts (schema design, indexing, query performance, replication fundamentals)
 * Proficiency in at least one backend language such as Go or Rust, with the ability to learn existing codebases quickly
 * Experience with cloud infrastructure and containers (AWS and Kubernetes preferred), plus hands-on operational skills (on-call, incident response, and post-incident follow-ups)
 * Familiarity with system observability practices and performance measurement (metrics, dashboards, logs, and tracing)

## Description

* Build and ship services that improve database reliability and performance, including connection pooling, query routing, and database access patterns
 * Implement automation that reduces manual work for operating databases and caching clusters at scale (provisioning, configuration changes, backups, and routine operations)
 * Improve observability for storage systems by adding metrics, logs, and alerts that help detect issues early and speed up incident response
 * Diagnose and resolve production issues across storage infrastructure, including latency regressions, capacity constraints, and availability events
 * Contribute to engineering standards for secure database connectivity (for example, encryption-in-transit) and safe usage guardrails


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