Columbus is a quickly emerging tech hub for healthtech and insurtech startups. Many boomerangs are returning to the Midwest, especially to Columbus, to find great tech jobs.
But these companies don’t just offer good jobs; they offer some of the best benefits around. And in-demand tech and startup workers are looking for modern, people-first — and purpose-driven — benefits.
Workplace wellness plans, a healthy work environment, and flexible time off or remote startup jobs often top the list of what talent is looking for in the best employee benefits. A 401k, competitive compensation, and health insurance are still important parts of employee benefit packages, but if you’re looking for a startup job that offers modern benefits, we got you covered.
We’ve rounded up some of the companies with the best benefits in Columbus with a future-forward culture.
Finite State is a cybersecurity startup for IoT technology. They focus on supply chain security, and this Columbus startup leverages massive data analysis to keep on top of a complex network of potential vulnerabilities. The engineering team is focused on growing their team with good people who are good to work with.
Finite State Benefits:
Unlimited PTO
Equity
Parental leave
Work/Life Balance
Flexible work or remote friendly
ReAlpha is democratizing investing in short-term rental real estate properties. They are all about giving back to the community and empowering clients and employees to succeed. This Columbus-based startup has extensive benefits for a company their size.
ReAlpha Benefits:
Physical and mental wellness plans
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase program
Unlimited PTO
401k
Health insurance
Mental health days
Mentorship program
Columbus-based Aware is an AI-based risk mitigation solution for digital collaboration tools. They work with enterprise companies to analyze messages sent over Slack, Microsoft Teams, Yammer, and Workplace from Facebook. They just raised $60 million in Series C funding and have a great culture to match. The growing number of startups that understand workers can be most productive when put in charge of their own work schedule and office location is heartening, and Aware’s collaborative culture fully embraces ownership in this way.
Aware Benefits:
Health insurance
401k
Pet-friendly office
Unlimited PTO
Flexible work schedule
Remote work friendly
Want to work in 3D modeling or augmented reality in the Midwest? Physna breaks down 3D models and sees how parts interact with each other. They’re already working with top brands. Augmented reality startups are on the rise in the Midwest, but are still less common than other tech startups. If this is your niche and you’re looking for a Midwest job, Physna is one of a kind.
Physna Benefits:
Health insurance
401k
Professional development budget
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Branch Insurance is a leading insurtech startup in Columbus. The company is hiring in Columbus and remotely, and allows for remote flex work. They are committed to diversity and inclusion.
Branch Insurance Benefits
Health insurance
Unlimited PTO
Reimbursed vacation up to $1k/year
Parental leave
Work from anywhere with paid internet and parking
Employee stock options
401k profit sharing
RapChat is a leading app for making music on your phone. Think a music app company would be based in L.A.? Nope! This innovative startup calls the Midwest home: Columbus, to be exact. And they have innovative benefits to match.
RapChat Benefits:
Mandatory monthly wellness days
Remote work friendly
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Maternity and paternity leave
Remote work stipend
Gym membership
Expense your coffee
Personal development budget
ScriptDrop is a startup that works with pharmacies and patients to have prescriptions delivered to their home and make sure they never miss out on refilling a prescription. It’s a unique idea, and the company is growing quickly, especially after COVID-19 pushed a lot of people into work-from-home or self-quarantine where they might prefer to have medications delivered.
ScriptDrop Benefits:
Health insurance with 99% of premiums covered
Remote work friendly
401k match
Paternity and maternity leave
Generous PTO
One mandatory mental health wellness day per month
Forge is a Midwest biotech company. They are creating a new model for how medicines are developed to treat genetic diseases. Forge Biologics is currently working on treatments for Krabbe Disease leukodystrophy and other rare but devastating genetic conditions.
Forge Biologics Benefits:
Flexible work schedule
Unlimited PTO
Parental leave
Equity for every position
Bonuses for every position
Health insurance
401k
Bold Penguin is another one of the insurtech startups revolutionizing the insurance industry from Columbus, Ohio. They are a casual and friendly culture that are happy to hire locally or remotely. If you’re a local employee and use the downtown office, you can enjoy beautiful 360 views of the skyline and healthy snacks on deck.
Bold Penguin Benefits:
401k match
Parental leave
Remote work
Health insurance
Casual friendly office
We have to mention Updox, a telehealth tech company in Columbus, for their innovative and long-overdue benefit of providing nursing moms with a pumping room. They also provide other generous benefits. This is because they already work in the space of healthtech and provide physicians with software to help them keep schedule openings full.
Updox Benefits:
Generous PTO
Nursing moms room
401k match
Employee stock options
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Beam Dental is a Columbus startup that links technology with better dental outcomes. They work with employers to create wellness programs, so it figures that they would be a company with great benefits, too. If you’d like to get in on the ground floor with a great Midwest tech company, this is the kind of culture employees describe as “talented,” “empathic,” and “ego-less.”
Beam Dental Benefits:
Health insurance
401k
Travel and parking stipend
Unlimited PTO
Flexible work schedules
Parental leave
Matic is an insurtech company with offices in Columbus and Lviv, Ukraine. They were founded to simplify the insurance quote process using technology to automate matching customers with the right rate and program. Matic’s benefits are just as forward-thinking as their technology. Matic has won multiple awards from TechCrunch and is considered one of the best places to work in Columbus.
Matic Benefits:
Unlimited PTO
Health insurance
Equity
401k
Seamless uses AI to update contact lists for access to B2B decision makers. Seamless heavily values work-life balance and supporting employees. They value collaboration, and put their employees in charge of what type of work-life setup works best for them. With a forward-thinking approach to employee development, this is a great option for talent looking for a startup that will help them grow.
Seamless Benefits:
Health insurance
Remote work options
Continuing education resources
Root is disrupting the car insurance industry by basing rates on how people actually drive. This Columbus tech company offers an app-based product that also bundles homeowner and renters insurance. Root also has expanded into a telematics enterprise product for fleet management and risk assessment.
Root Benefits:
Physical and mental wellness programs
Equity
Unlimited PTO
401k
Health insurance
Mental health days
Veeva is a Silicon Valley-based tech company that's rapidly growing its presence in Columbus. Building the best cloud-based solutions for the global life sciences industry, Veeva is a tech company on a mission for good. As a company, they strive to be a good corporate citizen, a positive force in the business community, active in their communities, and an example to others. Veeva is also a company with excellent benefits. Here are just a few.
Veeva Systems Benefits:
Veeva Giving: Each employee gets 1% of their salary to direct to the charity of their choice each year.
Wellness support: $500 for gym memberships, equipment, or mental wellness
Professional development budget: Each employee gets 2% of their salary to use for career-related development and training
Veeva Break: the office is closed between Christmas and New Years so all employees can take a break together and enjoy the end of the year with their families.
Amazing office in Columbus — plus they have free lunch every day (farm to table, organic and healthy cuisine prepared by their chefs and food partner)
Work flexibility
Employee RSUs and stock options
Unlimited PTO
Lower is a local and remote-hiring mortgage startup in Columbus that has grown from its 2014 founding to more than 1,700 team members in just a few years. They promote from within, building their growth around fast promotions, and love fostering relationships beyond the office. They’re also into agile development and are developing DEI initiatives, so you know you’re joining a forward-thinking company.
Lower Benefits:
Mentorship program
Remote work opportunities
Wellness programs
Maternity leave
401k
Health insurance
Olive is a health tech company out of Columbus that has fully embraced remote work. They now operate on a system they call “The Grid” that allows for remote operations through various hubs, though they maintain their Columbus headquarters. Olive is changing the way healthcare claims are processed, and is on a “hyper-growth” track as a company.
Olive Benefits:
Health insurance
Remote work options
Unlimited PTO
Remote work stipend
Mental health resources
Family planning and fertility support
3 months parental leave
401k match
Wellness programs
Upstart, founded by former Googlers, is one of the first startups to apply AI to the credit industry. AI is a hot space to watch, especially as big tech moves inland into Midwest industry hubs in healthtech, insurtech, and mobility. Upstart has created a smarter way to authorize customers for loans. They have offices in San Mateo in the Valley and Columbus, Ohio.
Upstart Benefits:
Health insurance
401k
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Generous PTO
Parental leave
Technology stipend
Personal development budget
Columbus is a rapidly growing startup ecosystem. If you're looking to join a welcoming startup community, work at a top startup in an affordable city, check out the top startup and tech jobs in Columbus.
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