Lead AI Platform Engineer - Enable Innovation at Scale

Root Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Root Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the AI Enablement Squad to guide a portfolio of AI-driven initiatives across the company.

You will mentor engineers, shape quarterly priorities, and drive platform improvements that deliver measurable value to product teams and customers. In this role, you will combine strong software engineering experience with practical judgment on responsible AI deployment, and you will collaborate with data, security, and business partners to scale adoption.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a software engineer.
• 1+ years leading software teams or major technical initiatives.
• Ability to lead team-level delivery of customer-facing or internal technical solutions.
• Fluency with AI tools and technologies, plus practical judgment about responsible deployment and adoption.
• Strong product instincts: able to evaluate opportunities, define success, and make tradeoffs within a quarter.
• Experience working directly with varied users and influencing partners toward better workflows and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Shape a quarterly portfolio of embedded engagements that helps Root teams adopt AI where it can create the most meaningful leverage.
• Guide the team from workflow discovery and platform learning through clear requirements and reusable AI Platform improvements.
• Protect capacity for the work that compounds: reusable capabilities, adoption patterns, and the team practices that make them stick.
• Connect AI Platform, product engineering, data, security, and business partners around the opportunities that deserve shared investment.
• Create repeatable engagement models and playbooks that make successful AI adoption easier for each new team.
• Coach engineers to pair technical judgment with curiosity, empathy, and crisp communication about complex AI concepts.
• Make the team’s outcomes visible, helping stakeholders understand where adoption is working, what is blocking it, and what to do next.

Skills

Software engineering

Team leadership

AI tools & technologies

Stakeholder communication

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Root Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the AI Enablement Squad to guide a portfolio of AI-driven initiatives across the company.

You will mentor engineers, shape quarterly priorities, and drive platform improvements that deliver measurable value to product teams and customers. In this role, you will combine strong software engineering experience with practical judgment on responsible AI deployment, and you will collaborate with data, security, and business partners to scale adoption.