[Remote] Principal Software Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Root Inc. is on a mission to unbreak insurance by creating experiences people love at prices they can’t believe. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead engineering efforts, drive strategic initiatives, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end execution of large-scale, strategic initiatives that materially improve business outcomes (e.g., revenue, loss ratio, customer experience)
- Align leaders and teams around high-value initiatives, ensuring clarity on priorities, tradeoffs, and expected impact
- Make and influence decisions on organizational structure, team topology, and resource allocation to enable successful execution of critical initiatives
- Set and guide priorities across multiple teams and domains, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability and resilience
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Data Science, and business stakeholders to translate strategy into coordinated execution
- Establish and evolve technical standards, architecture, and best practices that scale across the organization
- Communicate complex technical and strategic concepts to drive decision-making and alignment at the executive level
- Coach and influence engineering leaders and senior ICs, raising the organization’s ability to identify opportunities and deliver business impact at scale
- Coordinate with Staff Engineers across the organization to establish and evangelize standards and best practices
Skills
- 10+ years as a software engineer
- Proven leadership of projects involving multiple teams across functional domains
- Excellent communication skills both with engineering colleagues and senior business leaders
Benefits
- Eligible for Competitive Bonus & 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.
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