Root Inc. · 13 hours ago
Engineering Director
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$225K/yr - $2,655K/yr
12+ years expRoot Inc. is on a mission to unbreak insurance by creating experiences people love at prices they can’t believe. They are seeking an Engineering Director to lead a multi-disciplinary organization of Engineering Managers, bridging the gap between complex insurance operations and engineering execution.
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Responsibilities
Partner with Product, Data Science, Analytics, Security, and experts in the Insurance Operations group to set the strategy for the quarters to come
Establish and evolve a talent strategy that attracts, develops, and retains top-tier engineering talent at all levels
Continuously evaluate the performance and effectiveness of your teams’ process in order to improve things over time
Work closely with senior leaders in Engineering to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering organization as a whole
Develop and ensure execution of technical strategy for your teams and Engineering as a whole to solve clear problems for the business
Foster an environment of high accountability and psychological safety
You look for high leverage actions and activities to drive meaningful improvements to the team, system, and process
Qualification
Required
7+ years as a people manager on software teams
12+ years in software engineering as a manager and individual contributor
Proven leadership of strategic initiatives involving multiple teams across functional domains
Excellent communication skills both with cross-functional colleagues and senior business leaders
Benefits
Competitive bonus
Equity offering
Company
Root Inc.
Root Inc. is disrupting the archaic, trillion-dollar insurance industry.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Matt Bonakdarpour
Chief Technology Officer
Megan Binkley, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
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