Principal Software Engineer
Root Insurance
•$223,552 - $259,000•Remote
About The Position
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join and lead engineering at Root. As a Principal Engineer, you will be the primary technical leader within a product domain. You’ll work very closely with the software engineers on your team(s) to plan, design and deploy valuable software as well as the broad set of stakeholders to define the strategy and overall roadmap for the domain. 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.
Requirements
- 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
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.
Benefits
- Competitive Bonus & Equity Offering
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
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