Senior Software Engineer, Derivatives Team

About the team + role

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.

The Derivatives team is building a regulated exchange for perpetual markets, focused on scaling infrastructure to support rapid product expansion and increasing trading demand. The team partners closely with product, infrastructure, and security groups to deliver reliable systems that support new contract launches and market growth. Work is centered on backend systems that prioritize correctness, performance, and system reliability in high-volume trading environments!

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and develop backend systems that power derivatives trading, including order handling, execution workflows, and risk-sensitive processes. You will contribute to improving system performance, ensuring data accuracy, and supporting platform scalability as trading volume grows. This role involves working on systems where low latency and high throughput are essential, and where precise execution is critical to user experience and market integrity.

This role is based in our London office(s), with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.

At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.

Requires participation in an on-call rotation to support business needs.

What you’ll do

● Design and build backend services that support derivatives trading, including order processing and execution workflows
● Improve system latency and throughput by analyzing performance bottlenecks and implementing targeted optimizations
● Maintain and enhance systems that support trading accuracy, including data consistency and risk-related processes
● Work with product, infrastructure, and security teams to support new contract launches and platform expansion
● Monitor system performance and reliability, using metrics to guide improvements in stability and data integrity

What you bring

● You have 5+ years of experience building backend systems in production environments
● You have experience designing systems that require low latency and high throughput
● You are familiar with cloud infrastructure, including AWS services
● You have experience working with relational databases such as MySQL
● You have worked on trading systems or other distributed systems where performance and reliability are critical
● You communicate clearly and approach problems with a structured, solution-oriented mindset
● You understand crypto derivatives markets, including perpetual futures and their trading lifecycle

What we offer

● 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