Robinhood
Finance
SeniorSoftwareEngineer,DataCompute
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“Senior Software Engineer, Data Compute at Robinhood. Skills: Spark, Databricks, Airflow, Lakehouse. Design scalable platform primitives. Build scalable platform primitives”
Industry & Context.
Problem-solvers
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive experience with large-scale Spark, Databricks or similar platform infrastructure, Deep expertise in data orchestration using Airflow, Proven track record with lakehouse fundamentals, Ability to own multi-team platform reliability
Nice to Have
Familiarity with query and serving infrastructure
What You'll Do.
Design scalable platform primitives
Build scalable platform primitives
Lead migration of Spark workloads
Modernize Spark workloads
Optimize compute resource utilization
Optimize compute resource efficiency
Collaborate with internal teams
Deliver self-serve data processing
Improve platform reliability
Improve platform governance
Implement metadata management
Implement access controls
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Internal teams; Analytics engineering; Product engineering
Full Job Description
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. 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 Data Compute team is a foundational infrastructure group at Robinhood, responsible for managing and evolving the company's large-scale Spark and Airflow environments. This team serves as a platform provider for all of Robinhood engineering, enabling everything from real-time analytics to critical compliance and operations workflows. We are currently leading major modernization efforts, migrating workloads to Databricks, adopting serverless patterns, and optimizing our lakehouse fundamentals. The team focuses on high reliability, cost efficiency, and delivering an exceptional developer experience for our internal customers! As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Compute team, you will be a key builder of our core ingestion and compute primitives. You will design and implement scalable infrastructure that supports millions of daily jobs while modernizing our platform onto Delta Lake and Unity Catalog. Your work will directly impact how data is processed across the entire company, from product engineering to analytics. You’ll partner with engineering leaders to drive technical direction and ensure our systems meet the highest standards for performance and governance. Thi
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