Lead ML Engineer, Pricing Platform — Equity & Bonus

OhioX; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to drive the long-term pricing platform and ML tooling. You will build infrastructure enabling rapid experimentation and production deployment, partnering with researchers to translate ideas into scalable features.

This hands-on role demands leadership, writing high-quality code, and ensuring reliable, observable systems across the pricing ML stack. You will own major platform capabilities, mentor engineers, and oversee the end-to-end lifecycle

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering in production ML platforms or similar.
• Experience with feature pipelines, feature stores, model training/orchestration.
• Strong knowledge of reliability, observability, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform capabilities from design to production.
• Mentor engineers and guide technical direction.
• Collaborate with researchers to translate research needs into production features.

Skills

Python

ML platforms

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Model serving

Research collaboration

Code reviews

Communication

Tools

ML tooling

Job description

Root is seeking a Lead Machine Learning Engineer to drive the long-term pricing platform and ML tooling. You will build infrastructure enabling rapid experimentation and production deployment, partnering with researchers to translate ideas into scalable features.

This hands-on role demands leadership, writing high-quality code, and ensuring reliable, observable systems across the pricing ML stack. You will own major platform capabilities, mentor engineers, and oversee the end-to-end lifecycle