Staff Backend Architect – Scalable Healthcare Platform

Ro; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision membership

Equity for all team members

Flexible time off

Paid parental leave, and flexible work

Well-stocked office with snacks and bi

Job summary

Ro is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to act as a technical leader, mentor, and architect, shaping the platform and delivering scalable systems that impact patients and providers. You will work with engineers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional leads to define technical roadmaps balancing immediate needs with long-term stability, scalability, and maintainability.

You will design scalable distributed services using Python and FastAPI, own your team’s technical domain, and drive

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of software engineering experience, including experience in roles involving technical leadership.
• Experience architecting, designing and building scalable web applications and distributed systems.
• Proven track record of scaling complex backend systems through rapid growth and ensuring high performance and availability.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, data consistency, communication patterns, and service boundaries.
• Proficiency with Python, relational databases, and frameworks like FastAPI or Django, with hands-on metrics instrumentation and data-driven performance tuning.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, foster collaboration, and set technical direction.
• Experience in telehealth or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with decoupling monolithic applications into distributed asynchronous services.

Responsibilities

• Lead as a technical leader shaping the platform and driving delivery of scalable systems.
• Mentor engineers, influence engineering culture, and participate in architectural decisions.
• Define and own technical roadmaps, breaking down complex problems into deliverable projects.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and cross-functional teams to ensure alignment.
• Participate in on-call rotations to maintain production reliability.

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

FastAPI

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Roadmap ownership

On-call rotations

Job description

Ro is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to act as a technical leader, mentor, and architect, shaping the platform and delivering scalable systems that impact patients and providers. You will work with engineers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional leads to define technical roadmaps balancing immediate needs with long-term stability, scalability, and maintainability.

You will design scalable distributed services using Python and FastAPI, own your team’s technical domain, and drive