Senior Software Engineer
Root Insurance
•$136,500 - $160,000•Remote
About The Position
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Build & Deploy team. This team owns the systems that let every engineer at Root build, test, deploy, and operate software with confidence. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll design and build the CI/CD pipelines, deployment tooling, and release systems that the rest of Engineering depends on, and you'll partner directly with product teams to understand and remove their delivery friction.
Requirements
- 4+ years as a software engineer, with meaningful experience in CI/CD, build systems, or release engineering
- Ability to troubleshoot complex failures across systems you don't fully own
- A track record of shipping durable solutions independently, not just tickets
- A demonstrated ability to independently plan and drive large initiatives from problem definition through delivery.
- Comfort partnering with engineers outside your team to diagnose and fix their problems
- Excellent written communication skills, especially for documenting systems and decisions
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Buildkite or a comparable CI/CD platform
- Experience with Ruby, Terraform, AWS, or Docker
- Experience building internal tools or platforms used by other engineers
- Experience with deployment safety, rollback systems, or release orchestration
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain the CI/CD pipelines and deployment systems used across Engineering
- Build reusable pipelines, plugins, and automation that other teams can adopt
- Investigate and resolve failures across build agents, pipelines, and shared tooling, addressing root causes rather than symptoms
- Improve build and deployment speed without compromising correctness or safety
- Partner with product engineering teams to understand their delivery challenges and turn them into concrete improvements
- Use operational metrics to identify bottlenecks and prioritize your own work
- Coach teammates and help engineers debug build and deployment issues independently
Benefits
- Competitive Bonus & Equity Offering
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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