Senior Software Engineer, C++
Stellar Development Foundation
Rust
Senior Software Engineer, Backend – Patient Experience
Ro
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $182,300 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Distributed SystemsDjangoPython
About the role
- Design and build scalable, reliable, and resilient distributed services using Python with FastAPI or Django, 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 production systems
Requirements
- 5+ 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 growth on a high-traffic engineering organization, 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
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
PythonFastAPIDjangorelational databasesmetrics instrumentationdata-driven performance tuningload testingperformance optimizationdistributed systemsscalable web applications
Soft skills
ownershipcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationengineering excellenceteamworkproactive assessmenttechnical roadmap developmentcode reviewdesign documentation
