Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic

Join 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

The Agentic team at Robinhood is building the foundation for AI agents that power the next generation of AI financial products and internal tools. Our mission is to empower teams across the company to rapidly build, evaluate, and deploy high-performance AI agents through intuitive tooling, production-grade infrastructure, and continuous optimization support. We’re creating a platform that makes it easy for engineers to experiment, ship, and scale agents reliably.

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.

What You’ll Do

• Design and create tools and workflows for agent development that support rapid prototyping—define agents, compose toolchains, and construct reasoning loops with minimal overhead.
• Build platform solutions to support scalable experimentation, synthetic dataset generation, and multi-agent evaluation across diverse tasks and domains.
• Develop feedback and optimization pipelines that incorporate both automated metrics and human-in-the-loop evaluation signals to fine-tune agent behavior.
• Implement and scale optimization techniques such as Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO), and reward modeling to improve agent performance.
• Launch and support fine-tuned models in production environments with robust evaluation, rollback strategies, and performance monitoring.
• Collaborate closely with applied AI/ML teams to translate state-of-the-art research in agentic reasoning, planning, and tool use into reliable, production-ready systems.
  
  

What You Bring

• Strong technical expertise in software development, with understanding of agentic workflows—including reasoning loops, tool invocation, memory, and orchestration of autonomous AI agents.
• Hands-on experience using Large Language Models, including prompt engineering, fine-tuning, model distillation, and deploying optimized models (e.g. via DPO, PPO) into production environments.
• Proven ability to build and scale ML/AI systems, from experimentation to deployment—owning dataset generation, evaluation pipelines, A/B testing, and performance monitoring.
• Leadership and mentorship capabilities, with a track record of guiding complex technical projects and supporting the growth of teammates through code/design reviews and technical direction.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to translate technical ideas into actionable plans and work effectively with cross-functional partners, including product and infrastructure teams.
• Innovation mindset and commitment to continuous learning and a bias toward action, staying at the forefront of ML/AI trends, agentic systems research, and best practices in tooling, safety, and evaluation.
  
  

What We Offer

• Market competitive and pay equity-focused compensation structure
• 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
• Annual lifestyle wallet for personal wellness, learning and development, and more!
• Lifetime maximum benefit for family forming and fertility benefits
• Dedicated mental health support for employees and eligible dependents
• Generous time away including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
• Lively office environment with catered meals, fully stocked kitchens, and geo-specific commuter benefits
  
  

In addition to the base pay range listed below, this role is also eligible for bonus opportunities equity benefits.

Base pay for the successful applicant will depend on a variety of job-related factors, which may include education, training, experience, location, business needs, or market demands. The expected base pay range for this role is based on the location where the work will be performed and is aligned to one of 3 compensation zones. For other locations not listed, compensation can be discussed with your recruiter during the interview process.

Base Pay Range

Zone 1 (Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY; Bellevue, WA; Washington, DC)

$187,000—$220,000 USD

Zone 2 (Denver, CO; Westlake, TX; Chicago, IL)

$165,000—$194,000 USD

Zone 3 (Lake Mary, FL; Clearwater, FL; Gainesville, FL)

$146,000—$172,000 USD

Click here to learn more about our Total Rewards, which vary by region and entity.

If our mission energizes you and you’re ready to build the future of finance, we look forward to seeing your application.

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