Senior Staff Software Security Engineer

Who you are

• Define Technical Strategy: Provide cross-domain technical strategy and architectural direction across Security Engineering, connecting distinct security domains into a cohesive strategy
• Build AI Security Foundations: Help establish and evolve Robinhood’s security foundation for emerging AI technologies, agentic use cases, internal automation, and production AI applications
• Drive Strategic Initiatives: Identify high-leverage technical problems across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and detection systems, driving major cross-cutting initiatives from concept through production
• Build & Ship: Write code and land production systems for the hardest problems you identify, from prototype through operation, rather than handing designs to other teams
• Partner & Align: Work closely with engineering managers and senior technical leaders to establish quarterly priorities, resolve complex technical trade-offs, and align roadmaps across teams
• Elevate the Bar: Raise the technical bar across the organization through direct mentorship, technical leadership, and hands-on architectural guidance for engineers
• Maintain Operational Proximity: Remain technically close to production environments to ensure security strategies and architectural decisions remain grounded in operational reality

What the job involves

• At Robinhood, security is foundational to our mission of democratizing finance for all. As a Senior Staff Software Security Engineer on our Security Engineering team, you will serve as the most senior individual contributor across a ~40-person organization spanning Infrastructure Security, Cloud Security, Cryptography, Access Management Platform (IAM), AI Security, and our Detection & Response platform
• You will bridge domain expertise, set long-term technical direction, and build the security architecture that enables Robinhood to innovate safely, including the foundation for emerging AI, agentic experiences, and production AI capabilities
• This is an autonomous, highly visible role where you will identify high-impact technical problems, bring teams together around a unified strategy, and drive major cross-cutting initiatives from idea through execution
• Define Technical Strategy: Provide cross-domain technical strategy and architectural direction across Security Engineering, connecting distinct security domains into a cohesive strategy
• Build AI Security Foundations: Help establish and evolve Robinhood’s security foundation for emerging AI technologies, agentic use cases, internal automation, and production AI applications
• Drive Strategic Initiatives: Identify high-leverage technical problems across infrastructure, cloud, identity, and detection systems, driving major cross-cutting initiatives from concept through production
• Build & Ship: Write code and land production systems for the hardest problems you identify, from prototype through operation, rather than handing designs to other teams
• Partner & Align: Work closely with engineering managers and senior technical leaders to establish quarterly priorities, resolve complex technical trade-offs, and align roadmaps across teams
• Elevate the Bar: Raise the technical bar across the organization through direct mentorship, technical leadership, and hands-on architectural guidance for engineers
• Maintain Operational Proximity: Remain technically close to production environments to ensure security strategies and architectural decisions remain grounded in operational reality