Been looking at Robinhood roles and trying to get a straight answer on remote vs. hybrid before I get deep into their process. What I've gathered so far, from a mix of conversations and job postings.
The official line seems to be "flexible first" with some team variation. That's the phrase they use internally. In practice it breaks down like this:
Menlo Park / NYC based teams: expectation is 2-3 days in office per week for most engineering roles. This is not always in the job posting but comes up during the recruiter screen. It's enforced more loosely on some teams, more strictly on others, and the enforcement pattern correlates heavily with who your direct manager is.
Fully remote roles: they exist but are genuinely limited. Mostly in support engineering, certain security functions, and a handful of roles that were originally remote-hired. If the posting doesn't say remote explicitly, assume you'll need to be in Menlo Park or NYC.
For what it's worth, I talked to someone who joined their infrastructure team in late 2025 fully remote from Austin. Six months later they were told the expectation had "evolved" toward more regular sync onsite. They ended up going in quarterly and it was fine, but it wasn't what they signed for.
The recruiter I spoke to framed it as "we trust people to get their work done but we believe in in-person collaboration." That's basically every company's answer right now. It tells you nothing.
If remote is a hard requirement for you: get it in writing. Not in the offer letter (that's hard to enforce) but at least in a clear email chain. And ask specifically whether the team has any planned RTO policy changes in the next 12 months. Some Robinhood teams have been more candid about this than others when asked directly.
The fintech space in 2026 has broadly moved back toward hybrid. Robinhood isn't an outlier but they're not fully remote-forward either. Just be clear-eyed going in.