Staff Cloud Security Engineer

Join a leading fintech company that's democratizing finance for all. Robinhood Markets was founded on a simple idea: that our financial markets should be accessible to all. With customers at the heart of our decisions, Robinhood and its subsidiaries and affiliates are lowering barriers and providing greater access to financial information. Together, we are building products and services that help create a financial system everyone can participate in.

The Cloud Security team is focused on protecting Robinhood's AWS cloud and providing engineers with foundational security capabilities. It is a major contributor to the company's least privilege objective to manage network traffic and reduce the level of access that employees have or could obtain through escalation.

A Staff Security Engineer on the Cloud Security team is a well-rounded technologist and a deep subject matter expert in cloud security and building security controls on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The ideal candidate for this role will embody and exemplify our Safety First value.

What you'll do:

• As a Staff Security Engineer you will be part of a team which owns the security posture for cloud infrastructure on which all Robinhood products are built
• You will build and operate solutions that protect foundational infrastructure and make it easier for Robinhood developers to protect their applications

What you bring:

• Securing enterprise applications on AWS by building software, services, and automation that provide safe defaults, paved roads, and intuitive capabilities to other developers
• Proficiency with Golang (preferred) or Python and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform
• Strong command of industry best practices like the AWS Well-Architected framework and CIS Benchmarks and have expert level knowledge of AWS security services like Identity & Access Management (IAM), Service Control Policies (SCPs), AWS WAF, and AWS Network Firewall

The role is located in the office location(s) listed on this job description which will align with our in-office working environment. Please connect with your recruiter for more information regarding our in-office philosophy and expectations.