Senior Security Engineer

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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.

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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 role

Robinhood's Security Offices is looking for a security engineer to help support the Brokerage and Say Technologies Product Security functions. The Security Office works with teams across Robinhood businesses to ensure our products and services are secure and our customer's data is protected. You will be customer focused and reduce friction for users in applying security and privacy features and ensure they get the timely education to protect themselves, their data, and their money. You will aid in influencing business decisions by providing results and analysis from security assessments. You will also collaborate with other teams to ensure that we have appropriate security detections in place for our Brokerage & Say business entities.

We're looking for tech professionals who are deeply passionate about security and privacy.

Your day-to-day may involve:

• Assist with proactive assessments covering infrastructure, secure and resilient architecture, data security (including privacy), identity and access management, application and product security
• Prioritize and drive the reduction of discovered security issues, vulnerabilities, and risks by partnering with the business to provide recommendations and solutions
• Work with technical leads to develop strategies, programs, systems and tools that enhance our approach in keeping our users and employees safe and secure
• Collaborate with sister security teams to help safeguard Robinhood's data and infrastructure
• Provide technical expertise on Robinhood's Security and Privacy's solutions, policies, procedures, and standards
• Stay up to date on the direction of emerging security and privacy industry trends

Some things we consider critical for this role:

• 4+ years of experience conducting cyber security assessments
• 3+ years of experience engineering security solutions
• Security domain knowledge across many cyber security disciplines
• Experience Threat Modeling applications
• Outside-the-box thinking (adversary mentality)
• Experience communicating effectively with technical/non-technical and executive-level audiences
• Working knowledge of Go or Python for interacting with security tooling APIs
• Security automation experience is a plus
• Security technical report writing is a plus
• AWS experience is a plus
• Pentesting experience is a plus

CO Residents: In Colorado, the base pay for this position ranges from $146000 - $194000.
NYC Residents: In NYC, the base pay for this position ranges from $187000 - $220000.

This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and participation in Robinhood's equity plan.

Base pay is determined by market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Please note, some of our roles are open to additional levels which would impact the expected base pay.

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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Robinhood is a primarily remote company. If hired, you will work as a remote employee unless the job you are applying for has a different working model specified. Please reach-out to your recruiter if you have any questions regarding the job's working model.