Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Networking
Robinhood · Bellevue, WA
$196,000–$230,000
Jul 21, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A platform engineering role focused on cloud networking infrastructure at scale. The position involves designing and operating Kubernetes-based networking on AWS EKS, managing an Istio service mesh, and building automation tooling in Python and Go. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in AWS networking, service mesh technologies, Terraform-based infrastructure as code, and the technical leadership to drive multi-team platform initiatives end to end.
Staff level · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $196,000–$230,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 220 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–290
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The compensation range ($196,000–$230,000/year) is quoted for Zone 1 locations (Menlo Park CA, New York NY, Bellevue WA, Washington DC). The primary listed office is Bellevue, WA, so the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CBSA is used, but the same range applies to the other Zone 1 cities.
Envoy is explicitly called 'a strong plus' in the requirements section, placing it just above a typical 'nice to have' but still framed as preferred rather than a hard gate — listed here as preferred accordingly.
The role is titled 'Staff Software Platform Engineer' and the scope (cross-team technical strategy, mentoring senior engineers, driving roadmaps) genuinely supports a Staff-level classification, not merely Senior.
No minimum total years of experience is stated in the posting.
The role requires in-person attendance at least 3 days per week in Bellevue; it is not fully remote.
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