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Ro · 1 week ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Commerce Platform

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$182K/yr - $220K/yr

7+ years exp

Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company focused on delivering effective care to patients. The Senior Software Engineer on the Commerce Team will create seamless commerce experiences, ensuring fast and secure payments while collaborating with cross-functional teams to maintain technical integrity.

Hospital & Health Care

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build robust, and scalable backend capabilities using Python and FastAPI, supporting critical commerce domains like payments, pricing, and invoicing

Lead cross-functional technical efforts — collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and engineers from adjacent teams to ensure alignment and technical integrity across boundaries

Drive engineering excellence through best practices in testing, monitoring, observability, and performance optimizationDefine and maintain SLIs/SLOs in collaboration with product, infra and other development teams

Participate in on-call rotations to ensure reliability of commerce systems

Qualification

PythonFastAPIDistributed systemsRelational databasesDjangoMetrics instrumentationQuality focusRisk managementTelehealth experienceMonolithic systems breakdownCommunicationCross-functional collaboration

Required

7+ years professional backend software development experience

Proficient in Python, relational databases, and frameworks like Django or FastAPI, with hands-on experience in metrics instrumentation and data-driven performance tuning using tools like Datadog

Proven experience building and maintaining high-scale backend systems, ideally in commerce, fintech, or healthcare settings

Deep understanding of distributed systems—data consistency, communication patterns, and service boundaries—backed by hands-on experience building and maintaining high-traffic production systems

Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead cross-functional technical projects

A sharp focus on quality and risk—you move with urgency while safeguarding against issues like double charges, misbilling, or inconsistent payment states

Preferred

Experience in telehealth or other highly regulated industries

Deep familiarity with breaking down monolithic systems into well-defined domains

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

Company

Ro

Glassdoor3.1

Ro is a direct-to-patient healthcare company with a mission of helping patients achieve their health goals by delivering the easiest, most effective care possible.

Founded in 2017

New York, NY, US

201-500 employees

https://ro.co

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