Kalepa

Staff Backend Engineer - Core Product (Europe)

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3 months ago
Remote, WorldwideStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$100k - $185k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build backend services for Kalepa’s Core Backend team
  • Develop data models, pipelines, and evaluation loops around fragmented insurance data
  • Own business-critical infrastructure and improve data completeness, decision transparency, and product value
  • Experiment, measure results, and iterate on unresolved technical problems

Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
  • Experience with Python or a strong background in another object-oriented language
  • Experience with serverless technologies such as Lambda and EC2, asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments
  • Comfort with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
  • Experience with LLMs or generative AI and distributed systems is a bonus
  • Ability to take ownership, drive projects to completion with minimal oversight, and communicate proactively

Benefits

  • 20 days of paid time off per year
  • Significant equity options package
  • Global team offsites
  • Healthy living or gym stipend
  • Mobile phone bill stipend
  • Continuing education credits

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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.