Software Engineer II, Pricing

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The Opportunity

At Root, we believe that disrupting the insurance industry starts with delivering best-in-class pricing segmentation—powered by leading-edge technology and automation.

As a Software Engineer in the Pricing team, you’ll be instrumental in designing, implementing, and maintaining the systems that enable our pricing models to segment customers effectively at scale, and empower our Data Scientists, Actuaries and Analysts to develop, analyze and deploy pricing models efficiently.

Root is a “work where it works best” company, meaning we will support you working in whatever location that works best for you across the US. We will continue to have our headquarters in Columbus to give more flexibility and more choice about how we live and work.

Salary Range: $123,872 - $145,000 (Bonus and LTI Eligible)

How You Will Make an Impact

• Write, test, and deploy software solutions that are accurate and resilient

• Actively seek to understand our business and customers' problems to ensure you are developing effective solutions

• Collaborate closely with supportive teammates to share and improve your work

• Clearly communicate and document your work to help others learn

• Support your systems in production resolving incidents and issues that affect our customers

• Increase the effectiveness of your team by suggesting code and process improvements

We’re Looking for Someone With

• 2+ years as a software engineer

• An eagerness to work closely with your team in a collaborative environment

• Curiosity in clearly defining the business and customer problems that need to be solved

• Excellent communication skills both with engineering colleagues and team stakeholders

Bonus if you have…

• Experience in Ruby on Rails, Rust

• Experience with Amazon Web Services

• Experience in observability, such as Datadog

• Experience with premium calculation/rating systems

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Root, Inc., we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway!

At Root, we judge people based on the merit of their work, not who they are. If you are passionate about what this role entails and solving real problems, we encourage you to apply. We want to learn about you and what you can add to our team.

We’re harnessing the power of technology to revolutionize insurance. Using machine learning and mobile telematic platforms, we’ve built one of the most innovative FinTech companies in the world. And we’re just getting started.

Our success is in large part due to our unwavering standards in hiring. We recognize that our products are only as good as the people building and promoting them. We want individuals who find solutions by going through the cycle of ideation to implementation with curiosity, rigor, and an analytical lens. Ask anyone who works here and you’ll hear similar reasons for why they joined:

Autonomy—for assertive self-starters, the opportunities to contribute are limitless.

Impact—by challenging the way it’s always been done, we solve problems that have a big impact on our business.

Collaboration—we encourage rich discussion and civil debate at every turn.

People—we are inspired by the collection of crazy-smart people around us.