Staff Software Engineer II

Root Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Root Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead engineering across one or more product domains such as Pricing, Underwriting, or Claims.

You will serve as the primary technical leader for your teams and help define the domain roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders. You will influence architecture, contribute code, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives to improve product quality and system reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years of leading software teams.
• Expertise in Ruby on Rails.
• Familiarity with Rust.
• Proven ability to lead projects across multiple teams.
• Excellent communication with engineers and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• Co-lead your team with the Engineering Manager to coach and grow team members.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics, and Insurance experts to set quarterly strategy.
• Identify and socialize technical initiatives that increase product, system, and team effectiveness.
• Contribute code strategically each development cycle to boost team impact.
• Lead by example in incident response to improve resiliency and monitoring.
• Coordinate with Staff Engineers to establish and evangelize standards and best practices.

Skills

7+ years software engineer

3+ years leading teams

Ruby on Rails

Rust familiarity

strong communication

leadership of multi-team projects

Job description

Root was founded on the belief that car insurance is broken, and we set out to change it. We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize this archaic, complicated industry. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative insurtech companies in the world.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join and lead engineering at Root. As a Staff Engineer, you will be the primary technical leader for one or more teams within a product domain (e.g. Pricing, Underwriting, Claims, etc). You’ll work very closely with the software engineers on your team(s) to ship valuable software as well as the broad set of stakeholders to define the strategy and overall roadmap for the domain.

Salary Range

$180,000 - $229,000 (Eligible for competitive bonus and equity offering)

Root is a “work where it works best” company. Meaning we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Co-lead your team with your Engineering Manager, helping to coach, model for and grow the other team members.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics, and experts in the Insurance group to set the strategy for the quarters to come
• Identify and socialize important technical initiatives that increase the effectiveness of our products, systems, and teams
• Contribute code strategically each development cycle to advance the impact of the team
• Lead by example in incident response ensuring we take action to continuously improve the resiliency and monitoring of our systems
• Coordinate with Staff Engineers across the organization to establish and evangelize standards and best practices

What You Will Need To Succeed

• 7+ years as a software engineer
• 3+ years leading software teams
• Expertise in Ruby on Rails
• Familiarity with Rust
• Proven leadership of projects involving multiple teams across functional domains
• Excellent communication skills both with engineering colleagues and senior business leaders

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