Senior Software Engineer - Data Lake Ingestion
Robinhood · Bellevue, WA
$196,000–$230,000
Jul 27, 2026
Bellevue, WA
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Senior Software Engineer role on Robinhood's Data Lake Ingestion team, responsible for designing and scaling CDC, snapshot, and streaming data pipelines that move operational data into the company's data lake. The work centers on high-throughput systems built with Kafka and Flink, schema evolution and validation, PII handling, and access controls — with an expectation to mentor other engineers and guide technical design decisions. The role is hybrid in-office at least 3 days per week in Bellevue, WA.
Senior level · 5+ years · 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 420 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–620
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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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.
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Why we read it this way (5)
Compensation shown is for Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC). Zone 2 range is $172,000–$202,000 and Zone 3 is $153,000–$179,000. The role is also eligible for bonus and equity.
Java, Scala, and Python are listed together as a single 'strong proficiency in' requirement with 'or' between them — one primary language is required; all three are captured individually as well for discoverability.
Kafka and Flink are listed as required under 'What you bring'; Spark appears alongside them as an alternative ('Kafka, Flink, or Spark'), so it is also captured as a preferred skill in its own right.
Schema governance and container orchestration (Kubernetes) appear in the same 'What you bring' bullet framed as 'familiarity with' — a softer gate than the rest of the required section. Kubernetes is retained as required given its placement in the requirements block; schema governance is a methodology concept and not emitted as a named tool.
SOC runner-up is 15-1243 (Database Architects) given the heavy focus on data pipeline architecture, CDC, and schema design — but the role's primary output is software (streaming applications, ingestion platforms), making 15-1252 the stronger fit.
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