Kalepa · 13 hours ago
Staff Backend Engineer - New Products (New York)
New York, NY. Hybrid
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$220K/yr - $260K/yr
8+ years expKalepa is a company revolutionizing the commercial insurance industry with its AI Copilot platform. The Staff Backend Engineer will be responsible for developing new capabilities, building prototypes, and creating feature demos while driving innovation and experimentation in the product.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataCommercial InsuranceInsuranceInsurTechSoftwareTechnical Support
Responsibilities
Help bring an entirely new suite of capabilities into our product
Build quick prototypes to preparing polished feature demos that showcase what’s possible
Iterate rapidly, test ideas early, and embrace a 'move fast and break things' mindset to explore new opportunities
Experiment with features that can expand our total addressable market, validating assumptions, and turning promising concepts into practical, shippable solutions
Qualification
Required
Have 8+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with time spent building features from the ground up
Embody hustle and grit, you're excellent at your craft and relentless in pursuing it
Take full ownership of your work and drive projects to completion with minimal oversight
Communicate proactively, surfacing blockers, asking the right questions, keeping stakeholders in the loop
Thrive on experimentation: you're comfortable testing ideas, measuring results, and iterating quickly on problems no one has solved before
Have strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
Know Python (our main stack), though we're open to strong candidates from other OO backgrounds
Have experience with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2), asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments
Are comfortable with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
Preferred
Bonus: experience with LLMs/generative AI, distributed systems
Benefits
Significant equity options package.
20 days of PTO a year.
Global team offsites.
Gym reimbursement.
Phone reimbursement.
Student stipend.
Company
Kalepa
Kalepa is a commercial insurance company that provides an AI-powered underwriting workbench for insurers.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$14MKey Investors
Inspired Capital PartnersIA Ventures
2021-09-03Series A· $14M
2018-10-01Seed
Leadership Team
Paul Monasterio
CEO and Co-Founder
Daniel Hillman
Co-Founder
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