Robinhood

Scaling fast

Financial Services Menlo Park, California Watching 2,500 employees Updated as of Jul 28

The read

Robinhood is rebuilding its regulatory apparatus with a wave of C-level compliance hires — Chief Compliance Officers for Canada, Futures & Prediction Markets, and a Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer — even as the COO of Robinhood Crypto departed to Agora and the Head of AI/ML Platforms left for Decagon. The firm added 95 net roles over 90 days, absorbing talent from WonderFi (16 hires) and Coinsquare while growing customer service headcount fastest. The compliance buildout signals preparation for regulated product expansion or tighter oversight, but senior exits in crypto and AI platforms suggest strategic pivots in those areas.

+2% of staff
Net headcount · 90d: +97; mostly Engineering
New hires · 90d: 126; vs 126 hires
Departures · 90d: 29; quiet
Leadership moves · 90d: 0

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Hiring paceCooling

New hires per month, last 12 months. 656 total hires.

58 joined
Aug 2025

37 joined
Sep 2025

46 joined
Oct 2025

42 joined
Nov 2025

92 joined
Dec 2025

45 joined
Jan 2026

57 joined
Feb 2026

65 joined
Mar 2026

88 joined
Apr 2026

77 joined
May 2026

49 joined
Jun 2026

0 joined
Jul 2026

12 months agoLast month

Notable moves

Hires, exits and promotions over the last 90 days — by role and function.

39 people joined Engineering Aggregate
34 people joined Aggregate
24 people joined Aggregate
16 people joined Aggregate
11 people joined Aggregate
10 people left Aggregate

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Where they're growing

Net change by function, last 90 days.

Customer Service +34

+29

+22

+14

+11

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Talent flow

Which companies Robinhood hires from — and loses people to — over the last 90 days.

Recruiting from

WonderFi+16

Coinsquare+6

Fidelity Investments+5

Meta+5

Amazon+4

Charles Schwab+4

Departing to

Agora−2

Hadrian−2

AAlpaca−1

Apple−1

BBlackhawk Network−1

Charles Schwab−1

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