Software Engineer, AI Security

Bellevue, WA · Menlo Park · Toronto · 2+ years experience · Posted Oct 9, 2026

At a glance

The mission of our team is to build a scalable and secure AI platform that enables security teams across Robinhood to develop and operate AI-powered agents and security solutions with confidence.
As a Software Engineer on the AI Security team, you’ll help build the foundational platform, infrastructure, and security primitives that make it easier for teams to develop AI-powered security capabilities at scale.
You’ll work on complex engineering problems at the intersection of AI, distributed systems, and security, with a particular focus on areas such as identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, and platform safety.

Design and build a scalable AI platform that enables security teams to develop, deploy, and operate AI-powered agents and security capabilities
Build foundational platform services, APIs, libraries, and SDKs that make it easier for teams to integrate AI into security workflows
Design secure systems with strong identity, authentication, authorization, encryption, and data protection controls
Build and operate reliable, large-scale distributed systems that support AI-powered security use cases
Develop platform capabilities and guardrails that enable teams to safely build and operate AI agents
Partner with security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to understand their needs and translate them into reusable platform capabilities
Identify opportunities to improve platform performance, developer experience, reliability, and security through automation
Help shape the technical direction and architecture of Robinhood’s AI Security platform as the team and platform continue to grow

3+ years of software development experience
2+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems, with experience designing systems around security concepts such as authentication, authorization, identity, or encryption
Experience building AI platforms, AI infrastructure, or production systems that support AI-powered applications or agents
Proficiency in Go or Python, with strong problem-solving and production debugging skills
Experience with cloud-native platforms and distributed systems technologies such as AWS, Kubernetes, gRPC, or Kafka
Strong understanding of security fundamentals and experience incorporating security into the design of production systems
Experience designing and building reusable platform capabilities, APIs, libraries, or developer tooling
Proven experience delivering large engineering projects with meaningful, long-term impact
Strong technical judgment and the ability to make thoughtful trade-offs across security, reliability, scalability, and developer experience
Ability to solve complex engineering problems and collaborate effectively across security and engineering teams

Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
Access to the Robinhood Employee Fund
Access to the best AI tools on the market and continuous AI skill-building
Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces

In-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week in Menlo Park, CA and Bellevue, WA offices