Principal Software Engineer - Lead High-Impact Platform

joinroot; United States; Remote; USD 224,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead engineering within a product domain, partnering with software engineers and stakeholders to plan, design and deploy valuable software while shaping the strategy and roadmap for the domain.

Root supports you working across the US; the position offers a competitive salary range and the potential for bonus and equity. You will drive end-to-end execution and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, impactful software.

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a software engineer.
• Proven leadership of projects involving multiple teams across functional domains.
• Excellent communication skills with engineering colleagues and senior business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution of large-scale, strategic initiatives that materially improve business outcomes.
• Align leaders and teams around high-value initiatives, ensuring clarity on priorities, tradeoffs, and expected impact.
• Make and influence decisions on organizational structure, team topology, and resource allocation to enable successful execution.
• Set and guide priorities across multiple teams and domains, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability and resilience.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders to translate strategy into coordinated execution.
• Establish and evolve technical standards, architecture, and best practices that scale across the organization.
• Communicate complex technical and strategic concepts to drive decision-making and alignment at the executive level.
• Coach and influence engineering leaders and senior ICs, raising the organization’s ability to identify opportunities and deliver business impact at scale.
• Coordinate with Staff Engineers across the organization to establish and evangelize standards and best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Root is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead engineering within a product domain, partnering with software engineers and stakeholders to plan, design and deploy valuable software while shaping the strategy and roadmap for the domain.

Root supports you working across the US; the position offers a competitive salary range and the potential for bonus and equity. You will drive end-to-end execution and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, impactful software.