Senior Engineering Manager

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The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead one or more of our engineering teams at Root.  In this critical role, you’ll lead a team of 5+ engineers.

Senior Engineering Managers at Root excel at building happy, high-performing teams. They collaborate with the product organization to align the team’s vision and goals to the company’s business objectives. Our managers advocate for a blended product and technology roadmap that solves the team's pain points through technical excellence. They also delegate strategically to support the team members’ growth and ensure engineers play to their strengths. More importantly, our managers lead by example. They have strong ownership over results and lean toward data-driven decision-making.

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 choices about how we live and work.

Salary Range: $180,000 - $229,000 (Bonus and LTI Eligible)

How You Will Make an Impact

• Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics, and experts in the Insurance group to set the strategy for the quarters to come

• Effectively manage the individuals on your team to ensure they are performing well in their role and as members of the team

• Use an appropriate mixture of coaching, directive feedback, and delegation to achieve business, team and individual goals

• Identify gaps in the team and develop plans to address those gaps via individual development, hiring, or partnership

• Engage in regular and productive performance conversations as a part of 1:1s and dedicated reviews

• Continuously evaluate the performance and effectiveness of your team’s process in order to improve outcomes over time

• Proactively dive into code, design reviews, and technical challenges alongside your team when necessary, demonstrating a hands-on approach to problem-solving and leading by example to ensure high-quality software development and timely project delivery

• Work closely with the Engineering Leadership team to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering org as a whole

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 3+ years of experience in a Software Engineering management role

• Incorporates testing and thinks about reliability as a natural part of delivering working software.

• Experienced with several programming paradigms.

• Solid knowledge of databases, SQL, and version control tools.

• Adequate understanding of infrastructure and DevOps.

• Able to design and architect maintainable and scalable technical systems

• Experience working with the business: thinks critically about work to meet business goals.

• Experience breaking down large initiatives into incrementally implementable deliverables

• Experience setting and evaluating goals for direct reports.

As part of Root's interview process, we kindly ask that all candidates be on camera for virtual interviews. This helps us create a more personal and engaging experience for both you and our interviewers. Being on camera is a standard requirement for our process and part of how we assess fit and communication style, so we do require it to move forward with any applicant's candidacy. If you have any concerns, feel free to let us know once you are contacted. We’re happy to talk it through.

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.