Senior Backend Engineer, Product

The role

You will design and build scalable backend services in Python for patient and provider workflows at Ro. You will work with Product, Design and Data to turn business goals into backend solutions and own features from discovery through launch.

What you will do

• Design and build scalable, reliable, resilient distributed services in Python with FastAPI or Django
• Partner with product teams to shape feature requirements, define success metrics and translate goals into backend solutions
• Own systems and features end-to-end, from technical discovery through launch and iteration
• Drive engineering excellence in testing, monitoring, observability and performance optimization
• Contribute to the team's architectural vision and technical roadmap
• Collaborate on code reviews and technical design documents
• Participate in on-call rotations to keep production systems reliable

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience architecting and building scalable web applications and distributed systems
• Proficiency with Python, relational databases, and FastAPI or Django
• Hands-on experience with metrics instrumentation and data-driven performance tuning, including tools like Datadog
• Experience partnering closely with Product to scope and deliver user-facing features
• Track record of scaling complex, data-intensive backend systems during high-traffic growth
• Understanding of distributed systems, including data consistency, communication patterns and service boundaries
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to refine ambiguous problems
• Ability to collaborate with engineers and cross-functional partners

Nice to have

• Experience in telehealth or other highly regulated industries
• Experience decoupling monolithic applications into distributed asynchronous services

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Applicants are welcome from all races, creeds, genders and sexualities; Ro is an equal opportunity employer
• Reasonable accommodations are available in the application and interview process; contact talent@ro.co

About the company

Ro is building a vertically integrated healthcare platform that connects telehealth, diagnostics, pharmacy and logistics for millions of patients. The company has been recognized as a top workplace in Health Care, in New York, and for Women and Parents.