Senior Manager, AI Engineering & Platform

Location: Overland Park, Kansas

(On-site Monday through Thursday; remote work available on Fridays)

Salary Grade
:
Salaried Exempt

Virtus Insurance, a nine‑time Best Places to Work in Insurance award‑winner, is redefining what a modern brokerage looks like. We are fast, specialized, and relentlessly client‑centric, operating across Hospitality, Real Estate, Private Capital, Benefits, Construction, Retail & Distribution, Food & Beverage and Small Business / Personal Lines. Our culture rewards ownership, excellence, and fearless pursuit.

We are looking for a builder who wants to create the technology foundation that will power the next chapter of Virtus.

The Senior Manager, AI Engineering & Platform is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the technology infrastructure that supports Virtus' long‑term AI and operational strategy.

This is not a role that begins with a blank page. Virtus already has internally built applications running in production and in daily use by our client success teams, and our enterprise data platform is under active construction with an external analytics partner. Our Chief Executive Officer has committed the firm to becoming fully AI‑enabled, and the operations leadership accountable for that commitment builds with agentic tooling every day.

As the first dedicated engineering hire at Virtus, you will be the person who makes that work durable. This is a hands‑on building role: you will write and ship production code, not solely review the work of others. The architecture, standards, and platforms you establish in your first year will support everything the firm builds after it.

This is a role for someone who wants to build, lead, and leave a lasting mark
, with the autonomy to shape the technology platforms that will power Virtus' next decade of growth.

• Embody the Virtus Core Values:
  Better Tomorrow, Fearless Pursuit, and One Virtus.
• Are energized by building innovative technology solutions and solving complex business challenges.
• Design, develop, and support scalable applications with confidence and technical expertise.
• Are disciplined operators who value architecture, security, quality, and measurable results.
• Communicate with clarity, credibility, and executive presence.
• Embrace ownership and accountability for the systems and platforms they build.
• Want a seat at the table to help shape the future of technology and AI at Virtus.

• Serve as Virtus' primary technical liaison for the firm's external data platform and analytics partners.
• Develop technical requirements, evaluate architecture and data models, and provide oversight of vendor‑delivered solutions.
• Ensure data warehouse structures support operational applications, reporting needs, and future AI initiatives.
• Conduct technical reviews and acceptance testing to ensure solutions meet Virtus standards for quality, scalability, and business value.
• Partner with vendors and business stakeholders to support the long‑term evolution of the firm's data platform.
• Design, build, and maintain a Virtus‑owned API layer that serves as the primary integration point between enterprise data sources and internal applications.
• Establish integration standards that promote system stability, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Ensure applications are architected to operate independently from vendor‑managed data environments.
• Provide ongoing governance and oversight of enterprise integration strategies.

• Design and maintain the technical architecture supporting Virtus' enterprise knowledge management strategy.
• Develop scalable solutions that enable structured, machine‑readable access to organizational content, including standard operating procedures, training materials, and business documentation.
• Build and maintain retrieval and context‑layer capabilities that support AI‑powered applications and workflows.
• Ensure knowledge assets are organized and accessible to support future automation and AI initiatives.
• Lead the design, development, and deployment of strategic internal business applications.
• Develop scalable platform…