Senior Software Engineer, Automotive Partnerships

Root is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Automotive Partnerships team to build reliable, scalable integrations connecting its products with automakers, mobility platforms, and automotive technology partners. The role shapes architecture and technical strategy, delivers integrations from concept to launch, and supports engineering practices and partner decision-making.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain core services, APIs, and workflows
• Own features end-to-end, from technical design through production support
• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and external partner teams to translate business needs into well-architected technical solutions
• Contribute to system design discussions and help evolve service architecture
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and participate in thoughtful code reviews
• Help identify and reduce technical debt while balancing delivery and maintainability
• Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience working on production systems
• Strong experience building backend services and APIs in Ruby on Rails
• Experience working with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• Comfort owning features and services with minimal oversight
• Solid understanding of data modeling, performance, and system reliability
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines
• A pragmatic, product-minded approach to engineering