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Senior Software Developer, Kubernetes Compute

Robinhood

Location

Bellevue, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/23/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.1% approval-30% YoY
✓ Established sponsor

Job description

As a Senior Software Developer at Robinhood, you will be part of the Kubernetes Compute team, focusing on building and operating a scalable container platform. This role emphasizes designing resilient container infrastructure and migrating core workloads to Amazon EKS to enhance platform reliability. You will collaborate with various engineering teams to integrate essential platform capabilities while ensuring high standards of safety and system uptime. The position is based in Toronto, requiring in-person attendance at least three days a week.

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency with Kubernetes control plane and data plane components, including container lifecycle management.
  • Experience deploying, debugging, and managing large-scale distributed systems or containerized platforms in a production environment.
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, specifically AWS services and managed container environments like Amazon EKS.
  • Knowledge of container networking concepts, cluster security protocols, and open-source cloud-native tools.
  • Ability to plan and execute technical projects systematically while providing technical guidance to team members.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate scalable container infrastructure using Kubernetes to support high-throughput financial applications.
  • Contribute to the technical execution of migrating core workloads to Amazon EKS while ensuring zero-downtime deployments.
  • Optimize container lifecycle management, networking infrastructure, and cluster provisioning APIs for multi-region reliability.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams across Robinhood to integrate core platform capabilities like service mesh, authentication, and load balancing.
  • Identify performance bottlenecks in production environments and implement automated solutions to enhance platform availability.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Robinhood Markets Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

16

FY2026

Approval rate

98.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

1,043

FY2026

Entry-level share

50.8%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-30%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

+89%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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