Staff Software Engineer (Event Contracts)

Join Robinhood, a fast-growing financial technology company, as a Staff Software Engineer on the Prediction Markets team. In this role, you will own the technical roadmap for core backend systems, design and build scalable services, lead engineering excellence initiatives, and mentor other engineers. You should have 10+ years of backend engineering experience and a strong track record in leading large-scale, distributed systems.

• 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, including code quality, reliability, observability, and system resilience across the stack.

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