Software Engineer II

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The Opportunity

At Root, we’re on a mission to improve the lives of our customers by offering better insurance solutions. We challenge ourselves to think differently in order to reimagine insurance to make it smarter, more equitable, and a better experience for all.

Duties: Apply the principles of engineering to software development. Work with product, actuarial, and engineering teams to understand and scope new features for our environment. Design and develop data structures that support downstream analysis. Design and develop sustainable, fast ETL processes using SQL. Provide peer review for teammates on their change requests. Create processes to identify, prioritize, and illustrate data quality issues and remediation efforts. Design solutions to reach our overall goals. Ensure data quality and meet data delivery SLA's.

Root is a “work where it works best” company. Telecommuting is permitted anywhere in the United States.

Salary Range: $138,590 - $200,676 per year
Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Experience requirements:
5 years of experience in software development or data analyst role

Special Skills or Other Requirements
Must have experience with each of the following:

• Utilize SQL and transform data without the use of an ETL tool.
• Experience using version control tool like Git.
• Utilize programming languages Ruby or Python.
• Experience with DevOps and Agile processes.
• Utilize cloud technologies such as AWS Glue, Athena, Kinesis, Step Functions, Sagemaker and Lamdba.

 

Don’t meet every single requirement?

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!

Join us

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.

Who we are

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.

What draws people to Root

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.