Staff Backend Engineer (Python)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Python): Building and scaling AI-driven underwriting capabilities for the commercial insurance industry with an accent on rapid prototyping, system design, and high-impact feature development. Focus on experimenting with new products, iterating on complex backend workflows, and solving challenging engineering problems to transform a trillion-dollar market.

Location: Must be based in Europe

Salary: $145,000 – $185,000

Company

An AI underwriting platform modernizing the trillion-dollar commercial insurance industry by centralizing risk data and automating decision-making.

What you will do

• Lead the development of new product capabilities from prototype to production.
• Iterate rapidly on features to validate assumptions and expand market reach.
• Design and implement scalable backend services and asynchronous workflows.
• Collaborate within a high-ownership team to solve complex, novel industry challenges.
• Maintain high standards for system reliability and performance using Python and PostgreSQL.

Requirements

• Must be based in Europe
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong background in Python and backend system design.
• Experience with serverless technologies like AWS Lambda and cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency with relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL.
• Ability to drive projects to completion with autonomy and strong communication.

Nice to have

• Experience building with LLMs and generative AI.
• Expertise in distributed systems architecture.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with significant equity options package.
• 20 days of paid time off per year.
• Annual global team offsites in international locations.
• Stipends for healthy living/gym and mobile phone bills.
• Professional development and continuing education credits.