Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

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The engineering team at Root strives to be one of the most transformative engineering teams ever. We’re changing the way an industry works by leveraging technology and data to build the best products possible. Even with our significant growth, we operate in small teams that are given ownership over projects and results. We’ve found that the people closest to the problems are the best at solving them. We’re actively hiring Engineers remotely and excited to announce that Root is a “work where it works best” company. Meaning we will support you in working in whatever location works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus and offices in other locations to give more flexibility and more choice about how we live and work.


Our tech stack includes:

  • Ruby / Rails backend, RSpec for testing
  • Javascript / React Native frontend, Jest for testing
  • Small amounts of native iOS and Android
  • Small amounts of Rust for high performance use cases
  • Deployment to AWS ECS using containers
  • Buildkite for CI


Our team excels at delivering software to solve the problems in front of us at Root: presently, a suite of world-class mobile, web, and server-based products obsessed with the customer experience. We’ve shaped our team and process around this; we know that constant iteration and experimentation produce the best results.


We divide the areas of responsibility for engineers into three major areas:


Technical: The skills and knowledge that make up an engineer’s basic problem-solving toolbox.


Planning and Execution: The ability to plan and execute assigned work beyond basic technical solutions.


Working with Others: The ability to work effectively with other engineers and people in other functions.


What we look for in Senior Engineers on Onboarding + PHX:


Technical Skills

  • Deep understanding of dynamic languages, client-server architecture, and web technologies
  • Incorporates testing and thinks about reliability as a natural part of delivering working software
  • Experienced with several programming paradigms
  • Solid knowledge of databases, SQL, and version control tools
  • Adequate understanding of infrastructure and devops


Planning and Execution

  • Plans and completes large and complex tasks/projects without supervision
  • Foresees issues and requirements for large projects and features
  • Completes large pre-planned tasks in an efficient manner
  • Thinks critically about work to guarantee business functionality. Understands and takes into account business goals into their technical decisions.
  • Can break down large initiatives into incrementally implementable deliverables


Working with Others

  • Able to work across teams to tackle complex issues
  • Able to coach engineers on software engineering techniques and best practices
  • Work closely with Product to deliver high-quality features 


What we do on Customer Experience


  • Build and maintain a sustainable insurance product.
  • Work on cost and exposure reduction.
  • Build a/b tests to optimize the customer journey to increase conversion and retention.
  • Work across the entire stack: React, React-Native, and Rails

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