Senior Software Engineer
Root Insurance Company
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.
Our tech stack includes: Ruby / Rails backend, RSpec for testing Javascript / React Native frontend, Mocha for testingSmall amounts of native iOS and Android Deployment to AWS ECS using containers Buildkite for CI
We're scaling rapidly, and we recently launched a $6B IPO:https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/root-insurance-ipo-poised-to-disrupt-the-insurance-market-2020-10-30
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.
For more information on engineering at Root see https://eng.joinroot.com/
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.
Scope of Impact Team/Initiative/Company
What we look for in senior software engineers:
Technical Skills:Deep understanding of dynamic languages, client-server architecture, and web technologiesIncorporates testing and thinks about reliability as a natural part of delivering working softwareExperienced with several programming paradigmsSolid knowledge of databases, SQL, and version control toolsAdequate understanding of infrastructure and devops
Planning and execution:Plans and completes large and complex tasks/projects without supervisionForesees issues and requirements for large projects and featuresCompletes large pre-planned tasks in an efficient mannerThinks 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:Provides effective and accurate technical feedback in code reviewsAble to work across teams to tackle complex issuesAble to positively influence other engineers, both directly and indirectlyWorks with product owners, analysts and other functions to move company’s priorities forward
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