Kalepa

Staff Backend Engineer - Submission Processing

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2 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$200k - $290k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale LLM-based systems that process billions of unstructured data points daily
  • Extract precise information and surface insights used by insurers for high-stakes decisions
  • Own end-to-end outcomes, make architectural decisions under ambiguity, and help set the team’s technical direction
  • Work on backend engineering and AI challenges with substantial individual ownership and impact

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
  • Production experience with LLMs and understanding of deploying them at scale
  • Experience with AWS, Lambda, EC2, serverless technologies, asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments
  • Proficiency in Python or a strong background in another object-oriented language
  • Experience with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
  • Ability to take ownership, drive projects with minimal oversight, communicate proactively, and iterate through experimentation
  • Document pipeline and large-scale data-processing experience is a bonus

Benefits

  • Remote position in the USA
  • 20 days of paid time off per year
  • Global team offsites
  • 100% covered PPO medical, vision, and dental insurance for individuals and families
  • Healthy living/gym stipend and mobile phone bill stipend
  • Continuing education credits
  • 401(k) plan with employer contribution
Kalepa

About Kalepa

51-200 employees

Make better underwriting decisions, faster with Kalepa. Kalepa delivers Professional Grade AI for profitable underwriting - instantly analyzing submissions, surfacing critical risk insights, and pinpointing the most profitable opportunities with the speed and precision modern risk demands.