Root Insurance
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How Root Insurance hires
Truth index
A 92/100
Median time to fill
44 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
33%
Reposted roles
0%
Root Insurance scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 3 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 33% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 44 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
News
Root to Participate in Upcoming Investor Conferences
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Root (NASDAQ: ROOT), the leading technology company in car insurance, today announced it will...
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Root, Inc. Announces 2026 Second Quarter Results
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Root, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROOT), the leading technology company in car insurance, today announced fi...
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How Root Insurance Did What Other Insurers Only Imagined
Having achieved unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation less than two years after its official October 2016 debut, InsurTech carrier Root Insurance
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Shopping while driving, the new holiday danger
An alarming number of Americans have admitted to holiday shopping while they drive.
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Here are 6 lifesaving (and money-saving) tips for when you get in a car crash
Here are 6 lifesaving (and money-saving) tips for when you get in a car crash
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Insurtech Root Expands Into Renters Market; Product Launched in 3 States
Root Insurance, a property casualty insurtech, has launched a streamlined renters insurance designed and personalized for consumers starting at $6 a
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Root Insurance valuation hits $3.65 billion in latest round led by DST Global and Coatue
Root Insurance,an Ohio-based car insurance startup that uses smartphone technology to understand individual driver behavior, said Monday it has raised
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A new unicorn is born: Root Insurance raises $100 million for a $1 billion valuation
Root Insurance, an Ohio-based car insurance startup with a tech twist, said Wednesday it has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Tiger
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Take the Root test drive Drive safely. Save on car insurance.
Better drivers = better rates. During the test drive, our app tracks your driving behavior so we can tell how safe you are. Good drivers could save hundreds.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Root Insurance over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
45
Postings analysed
27
Stack modernity
81/100AI adopter
Languages
Python41%
SQL26%
Ruby4%
Frameworks & libraries
Dagster7%
FastAPI4%
Metaflow4%
Databases
Amazon Redshift7%
Snowflake7%
Apache Iceberg4%
Cloud & platforms
AWS59%
Spark15%
MLFlow11%
Azure7%
AI & ML
LLM22%
Claude4%
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Full Root Insurance tech stack
45 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$215k
Typical range
$139k – $265k
Open positions
10
10
Jobs
Senior
10%
Staff
70%
Principal
10%
Architect
10%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | 1 | $139k | $139k |
| Staff | 7 | $215k | $179k – $265k |
| Principal | 1 | $259k | $259k |
| Architect | 1 | $213k | $213k |
Highest paying role
Staff Software Engineer, AI Systems
$265k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Root Insurance
By role, level and city, against the market · 10 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
68/100
Growing
Open positions
11
3 opened / 10 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
44 days
faster than 30% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Data Science
26% ▲
AI/ML
19% ▼
Backend
19% ▼
Leadership
11% ▼
Analytics
7% ▼
Security
4% ▼
Actively hiring for Data Science (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Oct 2026
Added Tool Use to stack
Oct 2026
Added Model Context Protocol to stack
Oct 2026
Added FastAPI to stack
Oct 2026
Added Metaflow to stack
Oct 2026
Added Interpretability to stack
Oct 2026
Added AWS Step Functions to stack
Oct 2026
Added Time Series Forecasting to stack
Sep 2026
Added DLP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
Added Ruby to stack
Sep 2026
Added Docker to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Columbus
United States
HQ
Have a question about claims?
200-500 est. staff
Attn: Claims Department80 E Rich Street, Suite 500, Columbus, OH 43215
Jobs
$171k – $214k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree
Python
SQL
MLFlow
dbt
Time Series Forecasting
Metaflow
Machine Learning
DevOps
AWS
Docker
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$143k – $179k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • PhD
Python
SQL
Time Series Forecasting
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
Git
AWS
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$169k – $215k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp
Python
SQL
Apache Iceberg
Amazon Redshift
AI/ML
Spark
Airflow
dbt
DevOps
Terraform
AWS
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≈ $152k – $261k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Master's Degree
Python
Amazon Redshift
AI/ML
Amazon SageMaker
Machine Learning
DevOps
Git
AWS
Amazon EC2
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$189k – $265k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 10+ years exp
Python
AI Agents
LLM
Feature Store
Machine Learning
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$189k – $265k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 7+ years exp
LLM
DevOps
Terraform
AWS
Platform Engineering
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$112k – $139k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Copilot
Claude
Tokenization
OpenAI Codex
Machine Learning
DevOps
CI/CD
IAM
Cybersecurity
ISO 27001
PCI DSS
SOC 2
HIPAA
Least Privilege
DLP
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$169k – $211k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 7+ years exp
Terraform
CI/CD
Platform Engineering
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$188k – $260k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 5+ years exp
Prompt Engineering
AI Agents
RAG
DevOps
AWS
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$224k – $259k per year • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 10+ years exp
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$100M
Latest round
Series D
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D | 2018 | $100M | $1B | Details |