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Staff Software Engineer - Identity and Privacy

Ro· Engineering
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Hybrid (New York, NY)$223.1k - $311kFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

Staff Software Engineer on Ro’s Identity and Privacy team focused on building secure, privacy-first identity and data governance systems at scale within Ro’s healthcare platform.

Responsibilities

  • 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 collection, processing, and distribution of 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.

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 judgment and ownership of outcomes.
  • Experience in regulated environments and strong ownership in driving complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.

Skills

Required:PythonDistributed systemsData pipelines / event-driven architecturesAuthentication / identity systems

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
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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