Senior Software Engineer, Custody Services

Salary: £70,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements:

• Senior-level experience running cloud infrastructure in production, specifically AWS.
• Experience managing blockchain nodes in production.
• Hands-on experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar configuration management and Infrastructure as Code tooling.
• Experience running containerized workloads on Kubernetes and Docker.
• Solid Python and/or Go skills, with real production experience.
• A strong security focus, with experience on systems where key management and access control are critical.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or an equivalent monitoring stack.
• Bonus: experience integrating with third-party custodians such as BitGo or Fireblocks.

Responsibilities:

• Build and run the AWS infrastructure behind custody, key management, and blockchain node operations.
• Automate infrastructure and configuration management so the team spends less time on manual operations.
• Run blockchain nodes across the networks we support and keep them healthy and available.
• Write and maintain services in Python for infrastructure management and wallet operations.
• Own the integrations with third-party custodians.
• Build out Kubernetes and Docker deployments as we containerize more of the custody stack.
• Set up monitoring and alerting so we know about problems before customers do.
• Apply security controls and standards throughout, including access control, key management, and incident response.
• Provide on-call support, responding to and resolving production issues to keep custody systems reliable and available.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Ansible
• Backend
• Blockchain
• Cloud
• Docker
• Grafana
• Support
• Kubernetes
• LESS
• Prometheus
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• NodeJS
• DevOps
• Spark

More:

We are Robinhood, and our mission is to democratize finance for all. We are building an elite, high-performing team applying frontier technologies to some of the worlds biggest financial problems. Our Custody Services team manages crypto infrastructure, digital asset custody providers, third-party integrations, crypto transactions, staking, lending, and travel rule compliance, safeguarding billions in assets for millions of customers. This Senior Backend Engineer role is based in our London, UK office with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week, and participation in an on-call rotation is required. We offer challenging, high-impact work, performance-driven compensation with equity, top-tier benefits including supplemental health insurance and mental health support, access to AI tools and learning, a flexible lifestyle wallet, generous time off, an exceptional office experience with catered meals and events, and a monthly commuter stipend. We are committed to equal opportunity, reasonable accommodations, and an inclusive workplace.

last updated 37 week of 2026