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# Senior Software Engineer, Backend

- **Company:** Robinhood
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Code Review, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Backend, Low Latency, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_d7b38e4aa334ec4246897a03a55e6902-1909681545

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional software development experience.
 * 3+ years of experience building low-latency, large-scale distributed systems in production environments.
 * Experience designing and operating highly concurrent systems and well-structured REST APIs.
 * Demonstrated ownership of large projects with sustained impact on a system or team.
 * Strong technical judgment and the ability to prioritize work aligned with business and reliability goals.
 * Ability to break down complex problems and deliver practical, high-quality solutions.
 * Experience mentoring other engineers and contributing to technical direction on new initiatives.

## Description

* Build and evolve scalable backend systems, balancing performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
 * Design, implement, test, and release product-facing features with strict correctness and availability requirements.
 * Partner with frontend and data engineers to define and refine REST APIs that serve millions of customers.
 * Lead large, technically complex projects from design through execution.
 * Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on technical guidance.
 * Identify opportunities to improve system performance, developer productivity, and operational risk.