AI Platform Engineering Manager II — Lead AI Systems

OhioX; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is on a mission to unbreak insurance by building AI-powered experiences across products and operations. The Engineering Manager II, AI Systems will lead the AI Platform and Enablement Squad, shaping infrastructure, tooling, and integrations that bring AI to life at scale.

This role partners with product, data science, and quantitative teams to drive an ambitious AI engineering program with clear standards and hands-on leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a software engineer.
• 3+ years as a people manager on engineering teams.
• Experience leading teams building AI/ML infrastructure, integrations, or developer tooling.
• Familiarity with large language model APIs, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI agent frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage in ambiguity and drive execution on evolving technical strategy.
• Excellent communication skills with engineering colleagues, data scientists, and senior business leaders.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred) and modern application development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the AI Platform and AI Enablement Squad engineering teams, responsible for internal tooling, deployment patterns, and integrations that power Root's AI features.
• Partner with product managers, data scientists, and quantitative scientists to define and execute the AI engineering roadmap.
• Establish engineering standards for AI system development including reliability, observability, security, and responsible AI practices.
• Manage team members to ensure performance, coaching, feedback, and delegation to achieve goals.
• Identify gaps in the team and develop plans to address them through development, hiring, or cross-functional partnership.
• Engage directly with code, design reviews, and technical challenges alongside your team when necessary, showing a hands-on approach.
• Work closely with the Engineering Leadership team to improve the effectiveness of the Engineering organization as a whole.
• Coordinate across teams where AI infrastructure intersects with Platform, Data Platform, and product engineering to ensure seamless delivery.

Skills

Software engineering

People management

AI/ML infrastructure

Cloud (AWS)

Communication

AI APIs familiarity

Job description

Root is on a mission to unbreak insurance by building AI-powered experiences across products and operations. The Engineering Manager II, AI Systems will lead the AI Platform and Enablement Squad, shaping infrastructure, tooling, and integrations that bring AI to life at scale.

This role partners with product, data science, and quantitative teams to drive an ambitious AI engineering program with clear standards and hands-on leadership.