Ro
Staff Software Engineer - Identity and Privacy
$223K–$311K
New York, NY · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 30, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years at Staff or above level.
About the job
Builds and scales systems for secure user identity, consent management, and privacy-first data practices across Ro’s healthcare platform.
What you'll do
- Build privacy-first distributed systems and consent management that comply with consumer privacy regulations.
- Design and operate event-driven architectures and data pipelines for first-party data, including real-time and batch processing.
- Develop identity and authentication capabilities and partner with security, legal, marketing, and data teams on compliant data practices.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years at Staff level or above, focused on distributed systems, data infrastructure, privacy, or security.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience building scalable, production-grade systems.
- Deep experience with distributed systems, streaming platforms, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
- Experience designing and operating data pipelines, eventing systems, and first-party data platforms; familiarity with authentication and identity systems.
Pay
$223,100 to $311,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Kafka, OAuth
AI focus
Use agentic coding tools to improve development velocity, reduce workflow friction, automate repetitive tasks, and increase system visibility while maintaining engineering judgment and ownership.
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