At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build core systems for tokenized equities on blockchain.
- Company: Join Robinhood, a leader in financial technology with a mission to innovate.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Fast-paced environment with high expectations and rewarding challenges.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in finance by working on groundbreaking blockchain projects.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in software engineering with expertise in backend development.
The predicted salary is between 75600 - 92400 £ per year.
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, and 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 centre of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.
The Tokenization team’s mission is to bring both public and private equity to be tradable 24/7 on decentralised exchanges (DEXs) across the Robinhood Chain. We work at the intersection of blockchain technology, financial market infrastructure, and modern distributed systems - with a focus on accessibility, security, and scalability. Equity markets have been closed nights and weekends for a century; we’re building the infrastructure that changes that.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design and build the core systems that issue, custody, and settle tokenised equities on-chain and keep them in sync with traditional brokerage and ledger systems. You’ll lead technically complex projects end to end, make architectural decisions on a foundational Robinhood initiative, and work in a domain where correctness is non-negotiable - the systems you build move real customer assets, continuously, across multiple chains and jurisdictions.
- Design, build, and operate the backend services that mint, custody, and settle tokenised equities across leading blockchains, with correctness and auditability as hard requirements.
- Own large, technically complex projects end to end - design, implementation, rollout, and operating what you ship in a 24/7 system.
- Build the connective tissue between traditional market infrastructure (brokerage, ledgers, corporate actions) and on-chain systems, including smart contract integrations, chain indexers, and DEX trade flows.
- Partner with product, compliance, legal, and platform teams to turn regulatory constraints into workable system design.
- Raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on mentorship.
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction beyond your own projects.
- Demonstrated ownership of ambiguous, cross-functional projects, with the judgment to make trade-offs and drive alignment.
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including a track record of delivering large-scale distributed systems in production. Expertise in backend development with Go, Python, or Java, and deep familiarity with cloud-native architecture (Kafka, Postgres, Kubernetes, or equivalents). Working knowledge of blockchain fundamentals - EVM, smart contracts, wallets, on-chain settlement - or a strong appetite to go deep quickly. Strong instincts for correctness-critical systems - idempotency, reconciliation, and reasoning carefully about failure modes when money is at stake.
Senior Software Engineer (Tokenization) employer: Robinhood
Robinhood is an exceptional employer that champions innovation and collaboration, particularly in its UK office where the Global Product Marketing Manager will thrive. With a strong focus on employee growth, the company offers unique opportunities to work alongside diverse teams in a dynamic environment, fostering both personal and professional development while driving impactful product marketing strategies in expansion markets.
