Senior Network Developer, Network Automation — Robinhood

Robinhood is hiring a Senior Network Developer in Toronto to automate and harden the network infrastructure behind its trading platform. The role sits in ENG Infrastructure and is built around reducing toil via Ansible/Python/Terraform automation across Cisco, Juniper, and Arista gear plus Equinix colocation. Expect deep questions on BGP/OSPF/MC-LAG design, IaC pipelines, and CI/CD for network changes.

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What this interview tests

Network automation (Ansible/Terraform/Python)
Routing protocols (BGP/OSPF/MC-LAG)
Datacenter/colo networking (Equinix)
CI/CD for infrastructure changes
Cloud networking automation (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Incident triage on automated systems

Common question themes

Walk through a network automation pipeline you built end-to-end (tool choice, testing, rollback)

Explain BGP/OSPF/MC-LAG design trade-offs in a redundant datacenter fabric

How would you automate a config change across Cisco, Juniper, and Arista devices consistently

Debugging a DNS/DHCP outage in a hybrid on-prem/cloud environment

Using GenAI/chatbots to reduce operational toil — where's the line for safety

IPv6 migration or dual-stack considerations you've handled

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