Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Role summary
Robinhood is seeking a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer to join their elite AI team in Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA. This role focuses on applying frontier technologies to financial problems, building and evaluating ML models for accuracy, reliability, and impact. The engineer will define and uphold ML system quality standards, design evaluation frameworks, guide model selection, and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure systems meet criteria for correctness, safety, latency, and user satisfaction. Responsibilities include building and evaluating models, translating results into launch criteria, analyzing production issues, and improving system reliability. Experience with complex production ML systems, deep learning, LLMs, and evaluation frameworks is required. Experience in regulated environments or with AI evaluation/observability tools is a plus. This is a hybrid role requiring at least 3 days per week in the office.
Join us in building the future of finance.
Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.
About the team + role
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. 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 center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.
The AI team builds models and systems that power intelligent, reliable customer experiences across Robinhood products. The team focuses on accuracy, reliability and impact of ML models and while doing so enables other teams to build, evaluate, and improve their own products. You will contribute to a culture grounded in first-principles thinking, high performance, and strong focus on customer outcomes!
As a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will define and uphold the quality bar for ML systems across the organization. You will design evaluation frameworks, guide model selection, and partner with product, data science, and engineering teams to ensure systems meet clear standards for correctness, safety, latency, and user satisfaction. Your work will shape how ML models are built, evaluated, and improved across Robinhood!
This role is based in our Bellevue, WA or Menlo Park, CA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.
At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.
What you’ll do
● Build and evaluate self-built, frontier and fine-tuned models across quality, latency, cost, and edge cases to determine appropriate use cases● Partner with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to translate evaluation results into clear launch criteria for AI systems● Analyze production issues, identify root causes, and prioritize improvements to increase system reliability and performance● Build visibility into model performance through metrics, monitoring, and reporting that inform roadmap decisions
What you bring
● You have experience building complex and impactful production ML models and systems, including understanding tradeoffs in performance, cost, and latency. Experience with traditional ML models, and also deep learning models; LLMs and Transformer models is a definite plus. ● You have deep experience defining and measuring quality for machine learning systems using evaluation frameworks, datasets, and scorecards● You have demonstrated ability to analyze production issues and lead initiatives that improve system quality across multiple teams● You are comfortable working with engineers, data scientists, and product partners to deliver measurable improvements in system performance● You have experience building or operating systems in regulated environments or working with AI evaluation and observability tools (nice to have)
What we offer
● Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career● Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching● Best in class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents● 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 addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities + equity + benefits.
Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected base pay range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.
Base Pay Range:
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If our mission energizes you and you’re ready to build the future of finance, we look forward to seeing your application.
Robinhood provides equal opportunity for all applicants, offers reasonable accommodations upon request, and complies with applicable equal employment and privacy laws. Inclusion is built into how we hire and work—welcoming different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences so everyone can do their best. Please review the Privacy Policy for your country of application.
Sample Robinhood interview questions
- 1
Design a highly distributed trading system
system designmedium - 2
Design an app that hits an api and renders that data on the screen
system designdifficult - 3
Build a real-time fraud detection system for financial transactions.
system designmedium - 4
Build an app from scratch.
system designaverage - 5
Create a leaderboard system for tracking game scores.
system designmedium
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