Senior Corporate Security Engineer

About the role

Robinhood assembles an elite team to address the world's largest financial problems using frontier technologies. You will safeguard employees and the platform while shaping the company's AI security posture. This position requires a security professional who protects systems, data, and users through a combination of rigorous code review, systematic testing, and continuous threat monitoring. The role involves responding to security incidents with precision and contributing to the evolution of enterprise security practices. You will operate in a landscape defined by constant change, where new threats and new rules emerge annually, demanding vigilance and rapid adaptation. Success in this role depends on leveraging extensive training resources and advanced tooling to maintain a robust security stance. Your work will be evidence-based, careful, and focused on reducing organizational risk across the entire company.

Key facts

What you'll do

Enterprise security tools are enhanced to power endpoint security, login and authentication, and security telemetry, ensuring consistent protection for users and systems across the organization.

Core systems remain resilient and available through dedicated support for enterprise vulnerability management programs that identify, track, and remediate security weaknesses before they can be exploited.

Evolving enterprise security threats, including sophisticated active persistent threats (APTs) and complex executive digital footprints, are analyzed and addressed to limit exposure and strategically strengthen defenses.

Requirements spanning five or more years of professional experience in information security are fulfilled by combining security engineering, IT systems administration, and enterprise infrastructure expertise into a unified skill set.

Demonstrated experience managing and securing modern identity systems such as Okta is mandatory, or deep experience blending security engineering with systems and infrastructure engineering is required for success in this role.

Hands-on exposure to AI tools and agent workflows, including platforms like OpenAI, Claude, Cursor, or custom API integrations, must be evident in past projects and responsibilities.

Practical experience within Google Cloud Platform and modern software development processes is mandatory to ensure effective operations and seamless integration with engineering teams.

A broad security generalist skill set is required, encompassing device compliance enforcement, binary or plugin/extension evaluation, behavior tracing, vulnerability management, and security policy enforcement.

The ability to drive automation and technical initiatives with a strong ownership mentality and an adaptable builder mindset is essential for navigating complex security challenges.

Understanding the distinction between two closely related roles on the team is necessary, with one emphasizing identity platform depth and the other focusing on a broader security and systems generalist profile.

Practical experience with security telemetry and behavior tracing provides critical insight into endpoint and user activity, enabling proactive threat detection and response.

Compliance frameworks guide evidence collection for governance and regulatory audits, ensuring that security practices align with legal and organizational standards.

Nice to have

The distinction between two closely related roles on the team is understood, with one emphasizing identity platform depth and the other a broader security and systems generalist profile.

Practical notes

Typical interview steps

Security interviews usually include a technical assessment, a threat modeling exercise, and behavioral rounds. Candidates may be asked to review a code sample for vulnerabilities or design a secure system. Practical knowledge and clear risk communication are the core skills. Interviewers often ask how you triage and communicate risk. Showing calm judgment under pressure matters as much as technical depth.

Good to know

Security engineers combine defensive controls with proactive monitoring to reduce organizational risk. Modern identity platforms manage access and authentication at scale. AI agent workflows integrate autonomous tools into secure, auditable processes. Cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform supports scalable, resilient security operations. Security telemetry and behavior tracing provide insight into endpoint and user activity. Compliance frameworks guide evidence collection for governance and regulatory audits.

Questions to ask

Useful questions for the interview: what a typical week looks like, how work is assigned, what tools the team uses, and how feedback works. Asking how the role has changed recently and what the team wishes it had known when joining is also reasonable. Questions about the manager's priorities are especially valued.

Career growth

Security careers grow from analyst or engineer to senior, staff, and leadership roles. Specializations include cloud security, application security, and security operations. Certifications help early; demonstrated impact matters later. Security careers reward specialization and a track record of finding and fixing real issues. Written communication of risk is a core skill at senior levels.