Senior Golang Engineer - Exchange API Team

Join us in building the future of finance.

Our mission is to democratize finance for all - and it has never been more urgent. An estimated $124 trillion in assets is expected to transfer to younger generations over the next two decades. This is the largest wealth shift in human history—and we’re building at the center of it.

We’re applying frontier technologies to tackle the world’s biggest financial problems and give people power to shape their future. To do that we’re assembling an elite team: Bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired for urgency and precision.

About the team & role

Our Exchange API team is responsible for all trading interfaces — including the Exchange REST API, FIX API, WebSockets, and market data services. The team’s mission is to deliver a best-in-class trading experience for API users, with a relentless focus on latency, reliability, and data correctness.

As a Senior Golang Engineer, you will help scale our trading infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of our most sophisticated users. This is a high-impact role for engineers who love low-latency systems, deeply care about precision, and want to directly shape the tools used by active traders worldwide.

What you'll do

• Design and build performant, reliable, and scalable services for our API trading ecosystem.
• Optimize low-latency data flows and trading paths, ensuring correctness under pressure.
• Own and evolve core components of our REST, FIX, and WebSocket APIs.
• Collaborate with product, infrastructure, and frontend teams to deliver seamless API solutions.
  Participate in the team’s on-call rotation, supporting mission-critical systems used by our most active clients.
• Continuously measure, monitor, and improve the trading API experience.

What you bring

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with deep expertise in Golang.
• Proven experience designing high-performance systems with low-latency and high-throughput requirements.
  Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS services.
• Solid database experience: SQL (MySQL) and/or NoSQL (DynamoDB).
• Experience working on or with production-grade trading APIs or high-volume systems.
• Structured thinker with strong communication skills and a customer-first mindset.

Nice to have

• You’ve built or operated your own automated trading bot or trading system.
• Hands-on experience with the FIX protocol and order management systems.
• Knowledge of WebSockets, streaming market data, or real-time API performance tuning.
• Passion for financial markets and an interest in building tools for professional traders.

We’re looking for collaborative, intensely driven people to be part of our journey in democratizing finance for all. Bitstamp by Robinhood is not a place for complacency, it’s a place for builders. We’re a high-performing, fast moving team, where ethics and making a real impact drive everything we do. 

If our mission energizes you and you’re ready to give us all you’ve got, we look forward to seeing your application.

Bitstamp by 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.