Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Networking
Core
Design, build, and evolve foundational platform networking infrastructure for large-scale microservices, focusing on service discovery, traffic management, and resilient service-to-service communication.
Role type
Staff Software Platform Engineer (Cloud Networking)
Builds
Scalable, secure, and reliable networking infrastructure (service mesh, traffic management, IaC) powering Robinhood's multi-tenant/multi-cluster EKS environments.
Domain
Fintech / Cloud Networking / Kubernetes
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS network fundamentals (VPC, EKS, NLB/ALB, PrivateLink), Kubernetes operations at scale, Istio service mesh, Envoy, HTTP/REST and gRPC protocols, Python, Go (Golang), Terraform/IaC, L3–L7 troubleshooting.
Preferred skills
Advanced Istio/Envoy expertise, deep packet analysis skills.
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Istio, Envoy, Python, Go, Terraform
Responsibilities
Lead technical strategy for platform networking and traffic management; design and operate resilient service mesh topologies; define platform standards for APIs; build automation and tooling; create Terraform IaC modules; partner with security and app teams; provide technical leadership and mentorship.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic leadership