Staff Software Engineer

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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.

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.

Salary Range: $180,000 - $229,000 (Bonus and LTI Eligible)

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 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 React

• Proven leadership of projects involving multiple teams across functional domains

• Excellent communication skills both with engineering colleagues and senior business leaders

As part of Root's interview process, we kindly ask that all candidates be on camera for virtual interviews. This helps us create a more personal and engaging experience for both you and our interviewers. Being on camera is a standard requirement for our process and part of how we assess fit and communication style, so we do require it to move forward with any applicant's candidacy. If you have any concerns, feel free to let us know once you are contacted. We’re happy to talk it through.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Root, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

At Root, we judge people based on the merit of their work, not who they are. If you are passionate about what this role entails and solving real problems, we encourage you to apply. We want to learn about you and what you can add to our team.

We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize insurance. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative FinTech companies in the world. And we’re just getting started.

Our success is in large part due to our unwavering standards in hiring. We recognize that our products are only as good as the people building and promoting them. We want individuals who find solutions by going through the cycle of ideation to implementation with curiosity, rigor, and an analytical lens. Ask anyone who works here and you’ll hear similar reasons for why they joined:

Autonomy—for assertive self-starters, the opportunities to contribute are limitless.

Impact—by challenging the way it’s always been done, we solve problems that have a big impact on our business.

Collaboration—we encourage rich discussion and civil debate at every turn.

People—we are inspired by the collection of crazy-smart people around us.