Senior Software Developer, Kubernetes Compute

Join us in building the future of finance. Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading. We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world's biggest financial problems. The Software Platform team accelerates developer velocity and increases system reliability by building the foundational platforms and tools that power Robinhood engineering. Within this group, the Kubernetes Compute team focuses on building and operating a highly available, scalable Kubernetes-powered container platform. As a Senior Software Developer, you will focus heavily on building, operating, and expanding our container provisioning platforms. You will be responsible for designing resilient container infrastructure and contributing to our technical migration to Amazon EKS to improve platform reliability. This role is based in our Toronto office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and operate scalable container infrastructure using Kubernetes to support high-throughput financial applications; Contribute to the technical execution of migrating core workloads to Amazon EKS while ensuring zero-downtime deployments; Optimize container lifecycle management, networking infrastructure, and cluster provisioning APIs for multi-region reliability; Collaborate with engineering teams across Robinhood to integrate core platform capabilities like service mesh, authentication, and load balancing; Identify performance bottlenecks in production environments and implement automated solutions to enhance platform availability.

Requirements

Strong proficiency with Kubernetes control plane and data plane components, including container lifecycle management; Experience deploying, debugging, and managing large-scale distributed systems or containerized platforms in a production environment; Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS services and managed container environments like Amazon EKS; Knowledge of container networking concepts, cluster security protocols, and open-source cloud-native tools; Ability to plan and execute technical projects systematically while providing technical guidance to team members.

Benefits

Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career; Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, and equity ownership; Top tier benefits to fuel your work, including supplemental health insurance, ancillary insurance, and mental health support programs; Lifestyle wallet a highly flexible employer-paid benefits spending account expenses beyond traditional benefits such as wellness, childcare, learning, and more; Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, paid volunteer time off, parental leave, and more; Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces; Monthly commuter stipend to help offset in-office commuting costs.