Staff Software Engineer

Root Inc. is an innovative insurtech company focused on transforming the car insurance industry through technology. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead engineering efforts, collaborating with teams to define product strategy and improve software delivery.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Requirements:

• 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