# Staff Software Engineer - Identity and Privacy at Ro

- Company: Ro
- What the company does: Ro is a telehealth company connecting patients with US-licensed professionals entirely online. Get treatment now for weight loss, sexual health, hair loss, fertility, & more. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://ro.co/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York, NY
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $212K to $292K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/ro/8f9a5889-3596-4996-b7dc-611e33c8ef22
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ro-staff-software-engineer-identity-and-privacy/

## About 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.

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Engineering