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
AI Platform is Root’s team for building the infrastructure, tooling, and operating patterns that make AI capabilities reliable, secure, and usable across Root’s products and operations. As a Senior Software Engineer on AI Platform, you will independently own hard engineering problems, turn early demand into durable platform primitives, and help define the patterns that make responsible AI part of everyday work.
Salary Range: $154,200 - $210,000 (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.
How You Will Make an Impact
- Make safe, reliable AI use the easy path for Root teams by building the services, developer tools, and deployment patterns they can depend on.
- Turn early demand and complex engineering problems into reusable platform capabilities, from AWS infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code to AI system operations.
- Give teams confidence to ship by building in security, observability, reliability, and cost awareness from the start.
- Reduce the friction between a promising AI idea and a production-ready capability through self-service tools and thoughtful developer experience.
- Work alongside product engineering, data, security, and platform partners to turn their highest-leverage needs into shared solutions.
- Help establish the technical standards, documentation, and design practices that make responsible AI development repeatable at Root.
What You Will Need to Succeed
- 4+ years as a software engineer
- Demonstrated ability to independently deliver complex software or infrastructure work with high quality.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and infrastructure-as-code such as Terraform.
- Strong DevOps practices, including automation, observability, incident response, and secure delivery.
- Familiarity with AI/LLM application patterns and the judgment to use them responsibly.
- A platform-as-a-product mindset and ability to work across systems within a domain.
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with engineers and immediate cross-functional partners.
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Skills Required
- 4+ years as a software engineer
- Ability to independently deliver complex software or infrastructure work with high quality
- Experience with cloud infrastructure
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code, such as Terraform
- Strong DevOps practices, including automation, observability, incident response, and secure delivery
- Familiarity with AI/LLM application patterns
- Ability to use AI/LLM application patterns responsibly
- Platform-as-a-product mindset and ability to work across systems within a domain
- Clear communication and effective collaboration with engineers and cross-functional partners
- Availability to be on camera for virtual interviews
What We Do
At Root, we’re doing things differently. We’re reimagining the services people need so that they serve them better. And we’re doing it by using data, technology, and rapid innovation to create products and experiences that are fair, easy, personal, and affordable. We’ve partnered with Carvana in a partnership that brings an industry-leading, seamless insurance process to the online car buying experience. The launch of Carvana Insurance Built with Root delivers an elevated customer experience made possible through a deep integration that pre-fills key customer information so that a customer can skip data entry and jump directly to evaluating quotes and customizing coverage. This fully embedded product experience—from quote to payment—happens entirely within the Carvana checkout process. Teams from both Carvana and Root have worked for months to build this bold technology platform. An early iteration involved 24 screens in the customer experience flow—that experience is now just three straightforward steps.
Why Work With Us
Our success is because of the hard work, ingenuity, and exceptional performance of our team. People come to Root because they know they can make an impact in their role, the company, and the industry. We’re passionate and curious self-starters, building a top-notch customer experience. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of?
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