Senior Engineering Manager, Application and Product Security

About the team + role

We are building an elite team, applying frontier technologies to the world’s biggest financial problems. We’re looking for bold thinkers. Sharp problem-solvers. Builders who are wired to make an impact. Robinhood isn’t a place for complacency, it’s 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 Product & Application Security team is responsible for ensuring security is built into how Robinhood designs, builds, and operates products. The team partners deeply with engineering and business leaders to shape secure architectures, guide risk-based decisions, and embed security assurance practices early in the development lifecycle. As Robinhood expands its use of AI technologies, this team plays a central role in defining secure AI platforms, governance, and visibility across the company!

As a Senior Engineering Manager, Product & Application Security, you will set strategy and lead execution for product and application security across multiple domains. You will manage and grow a team of security and software engineers while operating as a technical authority and trusted advisor to senior engineering and business leaders. This role owns high-impact security outcomes end-to-end, including AI platform security, automated security tooling, M&A security efforts, and the evolution of product security review processes, with accountability for both near-term delivery and long-term scalability.

This role is based in our Menlo Park, CA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 4 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

• Set the multi-quarter technical and organizational strategy for product and application security, aligned with company priorities and risk posture.
• Lead, develop, and retain a team of security and software engineers, including coaching senior ICs and building future leaders.
• Own the design, delivery, and long-term evolution of AI platform security, governance frameworks, and security visibility.
• Establish and scale product security review practices that shift security engagement earlier in the product lifecycle and are adopted broadly across engineering.
• Act as a senior security partner to engineering, product, and business leadership, influencing architectural decisions and balancing security risk with business outcomes.

What you bring

• Experience leading security, platform, or infrastructure teams at scale, with clear ownership of strategy, execution, and outcomes.
• Deep expertise in application and product security, with a strong understanding of modern software development and platform architectures.
• Proven ability to operate as a technical leader and influencer, not only a people manager.
• Track record of partnering with senior engineering and business stakeholders to drive security outcomes through collaboration rather than gatekeeping.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, set direction, and make sound risk-based decisions that scale with the organization.

Leadership expectations

Our ambitious roadmap requires a great culture shaped by exceptional leaders. Here’s what we expect from them:

• Drive high performance by setting clear, focused goals, giving real-time feedback, stretching top talent, and scaling impact through focus, innovation, and tech.
• Hire and retain top talent by setting a high bar, hiring only those who raise it, investing in onboarding, and addressing talent issues quickly and fairly.
• Create community by connecting work to purpose, removing friction while prioritizing safety, building trust and inclusion, and leading from the front with integrity.

What we offer

• Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
• Performance-driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Best-in-class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents.
• Lifestyle wallet — a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more.
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
• Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
• Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.