The healthcare system is not designed to help patients achieve their goals, and Ro is looking to build a patient-centric healthcare system that is designed around the goals a patient wants to achieve.
Requirements
- Proficient in Python, relational databases, and frameworks like Django or FastAPI
- Hands-on experience in metrics instrumentation and data-driven performance tuning using tools like Datadog
- Deep understanding of distributed systems—data consistency, communication patterns, and service boundaries
- Experience working with healthcare standards specifically HL7, or related diagnostic/lab reporting systems (bonus)
- Prior experience in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps (more on Dev) roles (bonus)
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain robust, scalable, and efficient backend services and APIs
- Define service boundaries, migration strategies, and rollout plans in collaboration with engineering and product stakeholders
- Build and maintain dashboards and alerts to detect and respond to system issues proactively
- Define and maintain SLIs/SLOs in collaboration with product, infra and other development teams
- Continuously monitor performance bottlenecks and optimize system latency and throughput
- Lead or contribute to engineering-wide initiatives to improve system quality, developer, provider, lab, or pharmacist experience
Other
- 8+ years professional backend software development experience
- Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Committed to technical excellence—mentoring engineers, upholding best practices in backend architecture and observability, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
- Flexible PTO
- Paid parental leave + Fertility benefits