Staff Software Engineer, AI Enablement
Root Insurance10 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
Base Salary
$189k - $265k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define practical, scalable approaches for discovering, adopting, and scaling AI-native ways of working across Root.
- Lead strategic embedded engagements connecting company priorities and user workflows to reusable AI Platform capabilities.
- Translate field patterns into platform strategy, architecture, and technical investments.
- Design engagement and adoption models that help teams learn faster and reduce duplicated effort.
- Align engineering and business leaders on opportunities, tradeoffs, outcomes, and responsible AI practices.
- Unblock multi-team initiatives and establish measures for the impact of AI adoption.
- Mentor engineers and technical leaders through systems thinking and user-centered technical leadership.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience as a software engineer.
- 3+ years leading software teams or major technical initiatives.
- Demonstrated 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, including responsible and scalable use.
- Strong product, systems-thinking, and problem-framing skills in ambiguous, cross-functional environments.
- Experience turning user needs and experiments into reusable products, platforms, or operating models.
- Ability to align senior stakeholders, drive cross-team decisions, and communicate complex AI concepts clearly.
- Record of identifying strategic technical investments, unblocking large initiatives, and developing engineers beyond an immediate team.
- Excellent collaboration and influence skills with technical and non-technical leaders.
Benefits
- Work from any location across the United States under Root’s “work where it works best” model.
- Eligible for a competitive bonus and equity offering.
- Virtual interviews require candidates to be on camera, with accommodations available upon request.
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About Root Insurance
Root Inc. is disrupting the archaic, trillion-dollar insurance industry. We’re driving the FinTech revolution by creating powerful insurance products and technology platforms that rewrite the rules for today’s world, promoting fairness, simplicity, and personalization. And we’re just getting started.