Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Patient Experience
About Ro
Founded in 2017, Ro is a patient-driven telehealth company that puts you in control of your health. We’re patients, just like you, building technology to make healthcare accessible, affordable, and maybe even enjoyable. Ro powers three digital health clinics -- Roman for men’s health, Rory for women’s health, and Zero for fighting smoking addiction -- as well as Ro Pharmacy, a simple and affordable online pharmacy where every medication is $5 per month. The company’s nationwide networking of physicians and pharmacies provides a personalized, end-to-end healthcare experience from online treatment to the delivery of medication and ongoing care. Ro was named #2 in Wellness on Fast Company’s 2019 list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies, listed by Inc. Magazine as a Best Place to Work in 2020, and earned its Great Place to Work Certification in 2020.
We are looking for a senior backend engineer to join our new and growing mobile team. As an engineer on the Patient Experience team, you'll build the products and technology that will enable Ro to expand medical care access to millions of Americans. This team is focused on building awareness and consideration of Ro for our potential members. We're enabling patients to seamlessly begin treatment on Ro's platform while also developing a robust member experience to ensure continuity of care. In 2021 we're embarking on a new mission to be closer to our patients with an iOS app's launch. As a backend engineer, you'll be joining the mobile team and making sure our backend and APIs can support our growing app needs. As we work towards our launch this year, you'll have a huge impact on the product and Ro to deliver the data that our app needs to be successful. As an embedded member of the mobile team, you will do much more than writing code - you'll be an integral part of the entire product development process, from ideation through delivery and iteration.
What You'll Do
- Work on problems that affect the lives of real people - our users depend on us to make positive changes to their health and their lives
- Lead large projects and feature development from idea to positive execution by weighing in your back-end technology domain expertise
- Experience designing and utilizing best practices with RESTful APIs for native mobile applications
- Work with a cross-functional mobile team to identify and define features that will solve complex member pain points in a manner that is easy to understand and explain.
- Iterate on ideas quickly from brainstorming sessions, through proof of concept towards delivering the final version
- Participate in mentoring engineers from both technical and career lenses across our org
- Steer process improvements and technical best practices as we continue to grow our distributed team
What You’ll Bring
- 5+ years experience delivering highly scalable, fault-tolerant, supportable and customer-facing solutions
- Extensive experience delivering backend solutions for native mobile applications
- Deep, strategic knowledge of server-side programming, with a focus on performance and scale
- A solid background in writing understandable, testable, and efficient code in a modern programming language (e.g. Python, Go)
- Familiarity with relevant tools and technologies, and have the drive to stay up-to-date with ongoing changes and advancements (e.g. Kubernetes, Django, AWS)
- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a startup environment, get work done, ship product, and move us forward
- A growth mindset that contributes to our culture of continuous improvement
- Clear communication around technical concepts and ideas and the ability to collaborate with engineering and other parts of the organization
Benefits + Perks
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance + OneMedical membership
- Healthcare and Dependent Care FSA
- Commuter benefits
- 401(k)
- Flexible PTO
- Fitness reimbursement
- Paid maternity/parental leave
- A never-ending supply of office snacks + coffee + tea
- The cutest office dog you’ve ever seen
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