Staff Software Engineer - Identity and Privacy

The role

You will build and scale systems for secure user identity and privacy-first data practices. This includes authentication, user lifecycle management, consent, and data governance.

What you will do

• Build and maintain privacy-first, distributed data systems and consent management systems that comply with consumer privacy regulations.
• Design and operate high-throughput, event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, streaming systems) for first-party data.
• Contribute to authentication and identity systems, including user lifecycle management, access controls, and multi-factor authentication.
• Architect and scale asynchronous data pipelines and event processing systems for real-time and batch use cases.
• Partner with marketing and growth teams to enable privacy-compliant advertising, CRM, and analytics workflows.
• Implement privacy-preserving techniques (e.g., anonymization, tokenization, minimization) and ensure compliant data flows to third-party platforms.
• Collaborate with security and legal teams to enforce data governance, retention, and compliance policies.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience (2+ years at Staff or above level) with a focus on distributed systems, data infrastructure, privacy, or security.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience building scalable, production-grade systems.
• Deep experience with distributed systems, including streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka), 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 (e.g., OAuth, session management, MFA, user lifecycle management).
• Experience using agentic coding tools to improve development velocity, reduce workflow friction, automate repetitive tasks, and increase system visibility, while maintaining strong engineering judgmen
• Experience in regulated environments and strong ownership in driving complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
• Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible PTO
• Wellbeing + Learning & Growth reimbursements
• Paid parental leave + Fertility benefits
• Pet insurance
• Student loan refinancing
• Virtual resources for mindfulness, counseling, and fitness

Before you apply

• Reasonable accommodations are provided for qualified individuals with disabilities in the application and interview process. Contact talent@ro.co to request one.

About the company

Ro is building a vertically integrated healthcare platform that connects telehealth, diagnostics, pharmacy, and logistics for millions of patients. The company describes itself as an equal opportunity employer.