Staff Security Engineer
Menlo Park, CA, New York City, or Seattle, WA
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Robinhood
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Robinhood was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood is lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.
As we continue to build...
We’re seeking curious thinkers looking to co-author the next chapters of our story. Joining now means helping shape our vision, structures and systems; playing a key-role as we launch into our ambitious future.
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About the team:
Robinhood's InfraSec Team is looking for an experienced Staff Security Engineer with a deep background in distributed systems and secure development to help build out and mentor our team. The team comprises individuals who are deeply passionate about security and engineering. You should be too. In this role you’ll have direct responsibility for keeping our customers and our company safe.
What you’ll do day-to-day:
- Design infrastructure and drive its implementation to protect Robinhood systems.
- Provide security expertise and guidance to a diverse set of Robinhood engineering and business teams.
- Conduct security reviews of core corporate and production infrastructure.
- Drive enterprise focused security improvements to Robinhood products and services.
- Help drive secure by default paradigm into Robinhood’s engineering processes.
- Build security tools and processes using Python or Go for critical infrastructure protection, monitoring and remediation.
About you:
- 7+ years of relevant proven experience in security.
- Coding experience in Python or Go
- Experience working in large scale AWS or similar cloud environments.
- Experience with attacks and mitigation methods, with experience working in two or more of the following: Network protocols and secure network design; Operating system internals and hardening (e.g. Windows, Linux, OS X, Android); Web application and browser security; Security assessments and penetration testing; Authentication and access control; Applied cryptography and security protocols; Security monitoring and intrusion detection, Incident response and forensics; Development of security tools, automation or frameworks.
Bonus points:
- Previous experience at a high growth company in the FinTech space
- Hands-on experience managing large scale infrastructure
- Experience with Kubernetes.
Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. You can view comp zones for our US office locations in the table below. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.
Office locations (by comp zone)
US Zone 1: Menlo Park, NYC, Seattle, Washington DC
US Zone 2: Denver, Westlake (Dallas), Chicago
US Zone 3: Lake Mary
We’re looking for more growth-minded and collaborative people to be a part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. If you’re ready to give 100% in helping us achieve our mission—we’d love to have you apply even if you feel unsure about whether you meet every single requirement in this posting. At Robinhood, we're looking for people invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world, not just those who simply check off all the boxes.
Robinhood promotes diversity and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We are dedicated to building a company that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work (and work environment) will be for everyone. Additionally, Robinhood provides reasonable accommodations for candidates on request and respects applicants' privacy rights. To review Robinhood's Privacy Policy please visit Robinhood - US Applicant Privacy Policy.
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* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Android Automation AWS Cloud Cryptography Finance FinTech Forensics Incident response Intrusion detection Kubernetes Linux Monitoring Pentesting Privacy Python Security assessment Windows
Perks/benefits: Startup environment
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