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# Staff Software Engineer, Event Contracts

- **Company:** Robinhood
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Quality, Distributed Systems, System Availability, Backend, Build Management
- **Published:** September 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/staff-software-engineer-event-contracts-robinhoodapp-10117876

## About the Role

* 10+ years of backend engineering experience, with a strong track record at IC6 / Staff Engineer scope or equivalent
 * Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, distributed systems - designing for high availability, performance, and reliability
 * Experience with or genuine interest in prediction markets, sports betting, fantasy sports, trading platforms, or financial exchange systems
 * Strong technical leadership skills - you've driven engineering excellence roadmaps and influenced cross-functional outcomes without formal authority
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable engaging with product, leadership, and engineering stakeholders
 * B2C product experience and an understanding of what it means to build for millions of end users

## Description

* Own the technical roadmap for core Prediction Markets backend systems - identifying gaps, setting priorities, and driving execution across the team
 * Design and build highly scalable, low-latency backend services that support real-time trading and event resolution at scale
 * Lead engineering excellence initiatives: code quality, reliability, observability, and system resilience across the stack
 * Partner with product, platform, and other engineering teams to align technical direction with business goals
 * Mentor and level up engineers across the team, setting the technical bar and fostering a culture of ownership
 * Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and shaping the engineering culture as the team scales


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