Friendsurance · 19 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer (m/f/d)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expFriendsurance is a company focused on transforming the insurance industry with innovative digital solutions. They are seeking an experienced Senior Backend Engineer to design and implement solutions primarily in Java, enhance their multi-tenant SaaS platform, and develop new products with AI integration.
Financial ServicesInsurancePeer to Peer
Responsibilities
Design and implement solutions primarily in Java with high impact and a great deal of autonomy
Maintain and enhance our flagship multi-tenant white-label B2B2C SaaS platform
Develop new and exciting products with AI, whether standalone or integrated
Continuously improve our development lifecycle with modern methods and technologies—both individually and as a team
Propose, review, improve, and explore the solution-space with team members from all professions
Review test cases, designs, and code developed by other team-members
Own significant parts of the runtime together with our in-house SREs, embracing 'you ship it – you own it'
Collaborate with Front-End, QA, Infrastructure, and Data professionals on interfaces, shared definitions, and common objectives
Coach and train team members on best practices and help the team learn
Shape our engineering culture by sharing curiosity, kindness, and craftsmanship—every day, by simply being yourself
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience building Java backend systems with Spring, Hibernate, and the tools that come with modern software development
Worked in a startup or fast-moving product environment, and are comfortable adapting quickly and making progress, even when things are changing constantly
Feel good taking a system from idea to production—and are able to debug and solve problems across the stack
Worked on both monoliths and microservices, including systems with asynchronous communication (e.g. queues, events, messaging)
Know how to apply AI tools practically—for your own productivity and in what you build
Can design solid, practical architecture—and know how to balance long-term quality with short-term needs
Understand data structures, relational models, and different kinds of backends—and can choose what fits best
Enjoy working with others, whether it's writing something down clearly, pairing on a problem, or just hashing things out on a whiteboard
Communicate fluently in English
Care about the team's success—and help people around you grow and do their best work
Are reliable, respectful, and make the team better—technically and personally
Benefits
Attractive salary and vacation policy
Flexible working hours and mobile- work
A big and lovely designed office in Berlin-Kreuzberg with plenty of rooms for creativity and the typical startup amenities
A generous yearly personal development budget
Legendary team events and parties
Urban Sports Membership subsidy
Language learning support for German and English
A unique and international team
Company
Friendsurance
Friendsurance rewards small groups of users with a cash back bonus at the end of each year they remain claimless.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$23.53MKey Investors
Round2 Capital PartnersHorizons Ventures
2025-07-08Series Unknown· $8.23M
2016-03-24Series Unknown· $15.3M
2014-06-01Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Janis Meyer-Plath
Co Founder, CMO
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