Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Root is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Automotive Partnerships team. The role builds and maintains integrations connecting Root’s products with automakers, mobility platforms, and automotive technology partners, while shaping technical strategy, architecture, and engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core services, APIs, and workflows
• Own features end-to-end, from technical design through production support
• Collaborate with product, design, engineering, and external partner teams to translate business needs into well-architected technical solutions
• Contribute to system design discussions and help evolve service architecture
• Write high-quality, well-tested code and participate in thoughtful code reviews
• Help identify and reduce technical debt while balancing delivery and maintainability
• Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to operational excellence

Skills

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience working on production systems
• Strong experience building backend services and APIs in Ruby on Rails
• Experience working with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• Comfort owning features and services with minimal oversight
• Solid understanding of data modeling, performance, and system reliability
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across disciplines
• A pragmatic, product-minded approach to engineering

Benefits

• Eligible for competitive bonus
• Equity offering
• Work where it works best; support for working in whatever location works best for you across the US

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