Software Engineer II

The Opportunity

At Root, we believe that disrupting the insurance industry starts with delivering best-in-class pricing segmentation—powered by leading-edge technology and automation.

As a Software Engineer in the Pricing team, you’ll be instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems that enable our pricing models to segment customers effectively at scale, and empower our Data Scientists, Actuaries and Analysts to develop, analyze and deploy pricing models efficiently.

Salary Range: $126,300 - $145,000 (Bonus and LTI Eligible) Root is a “work where it works best” company. Meaning we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Write, test, and deploy software solutions that are accurate and resilient
• Actively seek to understand our business and customers' problems to ensure you are developing effective solutions
• Collaborate closely with supportive teammates to share and improve your work
• Clearly communicate and document your work to help others learn
• Support your systems in production resolving incidents and issues that affect our customers
• Increase the effectiveness of your team by suggesting code and process improvements

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 2+ years as a software engineer
• An eagerness to work closely with your team in a collaborative environment
• Curiosity in clearly defining the business and customer problems that need to be solved
• Excellent communication skills both with engineering colleagues and team stakeholders

Bonus if You Have

• Experience in Ruby on Rails, Rust
• Experience with Amazon Web Services
• Experience in observability, such as Datadog
• Experience with premium calculation/rating systems

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