Engineering Director

Root is on a mission to unbreak insurance by creating experiences people love at prices they can’t believe. We believe that investing in world-class technology will facilitate a new class of insurance products, driving a massive positive impact on the hundreds of millions of drivers who carry auto insurance in the US. Root’s Engineering team is committed to building a flexible platform on which our product designers and quantitative scientists can quickly test ideas, deploy them into production, and iterate, with the ultimate objective of a delightful customer experience coupled with effective risk management.

The Opportunity

As we scale, we need a leader who can bridge the gap between complex insurance operations and world-class engineering execution. You will lead a multi-disciplinary organization of Engineering Managers across multiple product teams. Your success is defined by the health of your leadership pipeline, the clarity of your technical roadmap, and your ability to turn high-level business goals into scalable reality.

Salary Range: $225,000-$265,000 (Also eligible for competitive bonus and equity offering)
Root is a “work where it works best” company. This means we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US.

While this role is remote-friendly, candidates must be located in the U.S. and some travel for interviews or meetings may be required.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics, Security, and experts in the Insurance Operations group to set the strategy for the quarters to come.
• Establish and evolve a talent strategy that attracts, develops, and retains top-tier engineering talent at all levels.
• Continuously evaluate the performance and effectiveness of your teams’ process in order to improve things over time.
• Work closely with senior leaders in Engineering to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering organization as a whole.
• Develop and ensure execution of technical strategy for your teams and Engineering as a whole to solve clear problems for the business.
• Foster an environment of high accountability and psychological safety.
• You look for high leverage actions and activities to drive meaningful improvements to the team, system, and process.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 7+ years as a people manager on software teams.
• 12+ years in software engineering as a manager and individual contributor.
• Proven leadership of strategic initiatives involving multiple teams across functional domains.
• Excellent communication skills both with cross-functional colleagues and senior business leaders.

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