Senior Penetration Tester
RobinhoodJoin us in building the future of finance.
Our mission is to democratize finance for all. An estimated $124 trillion of assets will be inherited by younger generations in the next two decades. The largest transfer of wealth in human history. If you’re ready to be at the epicenter of this historic cultural and financial shift, keep reading.
About the team + role
Our group is building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers & sharp problem-solvers. Individuals who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood is where ambitious people do the best work of their careers. We’re a high-performing, fast-moving team with ethics at the center of everything we do. Expectations are high, and so are the rewards.
The Penetration Testing team at Robinhood is a core part of our Offensive Security program and a key pillar within Security & Privacy Engineering. We work across the company to identify, understand, and reduce security risk through threat modeling, penetration testing, code reviews, and vulnerability research. Our team goes beyond simply finding issues—we take pride in fixing what we find, contributing to long-term improvements, and proactively helping teams build safer systems from the start.
As a Senior Penetration Tester, you'll be a hands-on contributor to our internal application security testing program. You'll perform proactive security assessments, research emerging threats, scale the team via AI and automation, and work directly with engineers to design and implement fixes. This is a highly collaborative role that combines technical depth, creativity, and clear communication to protect our customers and our platform.
This role is based in our Bellevue, WA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week.
At Robinhood, we believe in the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community. Our office experience is intentional, energizing, and designed to fully support high-performing teams.
What you’ll do
- Perform application security assessments, including code reviews (primarily Go and Python), design reviews, and manual penetration testing of web applications, services, and infrastructure.
- Build and operate AI-assisted tools (e.g. LLM-based code review, AI-driven fuzzing, agentic recon pipelin
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