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Yash Kumaraswamy is a Senior Staff Engineer at Robinhood since June 2021, focusing on infrastructure, observability, data, and reliability, and serving as the team lead for observability and reliability initiatives. Prior to this role, Yash worked at Lyft from September 2014 to June 2021 as a Staff Software Engineer, contributing to a streaming platform and leading the development of a next-generation data pipeline within the data team, while also participating as the tech lead and founding member of the Observability team at Lyft. Yash's career began at Zynga, where roles included Principal Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and Software Developer, with responsibilities ranging from leading the Games with Friends server team to developing full-stack features and web applications. Yash's earlier experience also includes a role as a Service and Reliability Engineer at Ning, addressing various database and performance issues, using multiple programming languages and technologies. Yash holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University, completed in 2009.
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Robinhood was founded in 2013 with a mission to make the financial markets more inclusive. Most importantly, they wanted to make sure that regardless of your wealth, income, or background, an individual could feel empowered to be a long-term investor. Robinhood's mobile technology helps to alleviate the headaches associated with investing. They hope to fill the gap for those who do not feel comfortable with the financial system and the constant changes in our ecosystem. With their app, millions are able to invest through a more approachable and convenient design. Robinhood pioneered commission-free stock trading with no account minimums. They offer customers the ability to buy and sell equities through their mobile interface. In addition to their investing solutions, Robinhood Crypto offers commission-free cryptocurrency trading using the same mobile interface as the investing solutions platform. They support almost every state in the US excluding Hawaii and Nevada. Additionally, their Cash Management product is available to those with a Robinhood brokerage account. Brokerage customers can earn interest on idle cash swept to their partner banks and spend cash through an optional Robinhood-branded Mastercard debit card. Robinhood continues to invest their time and efforts towards the investing, crypto solutions, and brokerage solutions. With their premium feature, Robinhood Gold, one can utilize an enhanced instant access to deposits, professional research, Nasdaq level market data, and access to investing on margin.