Root Inc.
Root Inc.
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
AutomotiveConsultingInsurance
Root Inc. is a consumer auto insurance company that uses a mobile app and smartphone-based telematics to assess driving behavior and price policies, with safer driving generally influencing rates. Its app supports quotes, policy management, claims filing, and a test-drive period for collecting driving data. Root also offers roadside assistance and other coverage options across many U.S. states, serving drivers interested in usage-based insurance.

Senior Data Engineer, Data Platform

Build data infrastructure for marketing, analytics, and data science at Root’s telematics-based US auto insurer. Help teams onboard data faster, run experiments, and make decisions sooner.

Description

  • Shape quarterly strategy with partners across Marketing, Product, Data Science, Analytics, and Insurance
  • Surface technical initiatives that improve products, systems, and team effectiveness
  • Guide engineers in planning experiments and projects that support strategic goals
  • Write code during each development cycle
  • Lead incident response and strengthen system resilience over time
  • Work with Staff Engineers to define and promote engineering standards and practices
  • Create platform tools that speed up onboarding of new data sources
  • Connect data systems with external partners
  • Shorten the time needed to run experiments
  • Develop analytics and data science infrastructure to speed up decision-making

Requirements

  • At least 4 years of software engineering experience
  • Expertise in Python, Terraform, SQL, Spark, Airflow, and dbt
  • Expertise in cloud architecture, preferably AWS
  • Machine learning operations expertise is preferred
  • Data-driven marketing expertise is preferred
  • Demonstrated leadership of projects spanning multiple teams and functional areas
  • Strong communication with engineering peers and senior business leaders
  • Must be able to appear on camera for virtual interviews

Benefits

  • Competitive bonus
  • Equity offering
  • Remote work from anywhere in the United States
  • Reasonable accommodations during hiring for qualified applicants with disabilities

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