Staff Software Engineer - Identity and Privacy

The Role

As a Staff Software Engineer on Ro’s Identity and Privacy team, you will build and scale systems that support secure user identity and privacy-first data practices. This includes authentication, user lifecycle management, consent, and data governance-ensuring Ro’s technical foundation supports both patient trust and business growth.

You will design, build, and maintain systems that manage customer identity, data preferences, attribution, and event-driven data flows. This work requires strong expertise in distributed systems, event pipelines, and privacy-preserving architectures. You’ll work in a highly cross-functional environment, partnering with security, legal, marketing, and data teams to define solutions that balance compliance, security, and high-quality patient experiences.

What You’ll 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 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.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 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.

We’ve Got You Covered

• 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