
Root Insurance
Root Insurance is a publicly traded auto insurer that sells policies directly to U.S. drivers through a mobile app and website. It prices risk using smartphone-based telematics and machine-learning models, and manages end-to-end underwriting and claims. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Root is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker ROOT and operates across multiple U.S. states.
Open Positions at Root Insurance
7 open positions
Lead engineering strategy and delivery as a Staff Software Engineer supporting one or more product-domain teams at Root. You’ll combine technical leadership, strategic coding, coaching, and cross-functional collaboration to build resilient insurance software.
Join Root as a Senior Software Engineer building resilient payments and billing solutions that solve customer and business problems. You’ll collaborate closely with teammates, support production systems, and work remotely from anywhere in the US.
Build reliable backend services and integrations connecting products with automakers, mobility platforms, and automotive technology partners. This senior role combines hands-on software development, architectural ownership, and cross-functional technical leadership.
Lead the architecture and hands-on development of Root’s next-generation machine learning platform for insurance pricing. You will build systems that move models from research to reliable production while exploring LLM-powered data science automation.
Lead the technical direction for Root ’s AI Platform, building the infrastructure, tooling, and operating patterns that make AI reliable and usable across the company. This Staff-level role drives multi-team architecture, AI/LLM platform decisions, and long-term engineering strategy.
Lead the data security domain as a hands-on Senior Security Engineer, defining safeguards for sensitive data across its lifecycle and cloud-native environments. Partner with engineering, data, analytics, operations, and governance teams to automate controls and improve organizational security maturity.
Root is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to serve as the primary technical leader for a product domain, driving strategic initiatives and guiding architecture, execution, and engineering strategy. The role partners with engineering, product, data science, and business leaders to deliver scalable business impact across multiple teams.