Staff AI Enablement Engineer: Lead Cross-Team AI Strategy

OhioX; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 189,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Root is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the AI Enablement Squad to set cross-team direction on leveraging AI in real workflows and to drive reusable capabilities for the AI Platform. You will lead initiatives connecting real-world needs to platform strategy while mentoring engineers and collaborating with senior leaders.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years as a software engineer, 3+ years of leadership, and deep fluency with AI tools and platform patterns, with a track record of delivering

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a software engineer.
• 3+ years leading software teams or major technical initiatives.
• Ability to set technical direction and deliver results across multiple teams or a meaningful functional domain.
• Deep fluency with AI tools, technologies, and application patterns.
• Strong product, systems-thinking, and problem-framing skills in ambiguous, cross-functional environments.

Responsibilities

• Define how Root discovers, adopts, and scales AI-native ways of working across teams.
• Lead strategic embedded engagements aligning company priorities, real workflows, and reusable capabilities.
• Turn patterns from the field into platform strategy, architecture, and investments.
• Design scalable engagement and adoption models to accelerate learning across teams.
• Align engineering and business leaders on opportunities, tradeoffs, outcomes, and responsible practices.
• Unblock multi-team initiatives and establish measurable AI adoption impact.
• Mentor engineers and technical leaders with systems thinking and user-centered leadership.

Skills

Software engineering

Leadership

AI tools

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategy & direction

Communicate complex AI concepts

Mentorship

Stakeholder alignment

Job description

Root is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the AI Enablement Squad to set cross-team direction on leveraging AI in real workflows and to drive reusable capabilities for the AI Platform. You will lead initiatives connecting real-world needs to platform strategy while mentoring engineers and collaborating with senior leaders.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years as a software engineer, 3+ years of leadership, and deep fluency with AI tools and platform patterns, with a track record of delivering