Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Care Platform

Ro; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

OneMedical membership

Dependent Care FSA

401(k) with company match

Flexible PTO

Learning reimbursements

Parental leave

Fertility benefits

Pet insurance

Student loan refinancing

Mindfulness resources

Fitness programs

Job summary

Ro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Care Platform Operations team in the United States. You will design, build, and maintain backend services that enable patient care, scheduling, and communications.

You will own technical roadmaps, collaborate with product, design, data, security, and legal, and help Ro scale to millions of patients while upholding security and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience architecting, designing and building scalable web applications and distributed systems.
• Proficiency with Python, relational databases, and frameworks like FastAPI or Django, with hands-on experience in metrics instrumentation and data-driven performance tuning leveraging Ro’s load testing infrastructure and tools like Datadog
• Proven track record of scaling complex, data-intensive backend systems through rapid 10x growth at a late-stage startup, ensuring high performance and availability
• Deep understanding of distributed systems-data consistency, communication patterns, and service boundaries-backed by hands-on experience building and maintaining data-intensive production systems
• Strong sense of ownership with the ability / desire to own technical roadmaps and refine ambiguous problems
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional partners to create the best possible products

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable, and resilient distributed services using Python and FastAPI, supporting critical clinical and operational workflows
• Operate as an owner within the team’s domain and proactively assess and improve system performance and reliability.
• Drive engineering excellence through best practices in testing, monitoring, observability, and performance optimization
• Actively contribute to building the team’s architectural vision and technical roadmap
• Collaborate on code reviews and technical design documents to ensure the consistent application of best practices across relevant domains
• Work closely with product, design, data and other stakeholders to help us build the best possible experiences for our providers, pharmacists, and patients
• Participate in on-call rotations to ensure reliability of commerce systems

Skills

Python

7+ years experience

Distributed systems

Web app design

Performance tuning

Code reviews

Collaboration

Tools

FastAPI

Django

Datadog

Job description

Ro is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Care Platform Operations team in the United States. You will design, build, and maintain backend services that enable patient care, scheduling, and communications.

You will own technical roadmaps, collaborate with product, design, data, security, and legal, and help Ro scale to millions of patients while upholding security and reliability.