Openly · 22 hours ago
Senior Backend Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$146K/yr - $218K/yr
4+ years expOpenly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up, focusing on enhancing the customer experience. The Senior Backend Engineer will design, build, test, and maintain the services and technology that power Openly's insurance offerings and customer experiences.
Auto InsuranceCommercial InsuranceInsuranceLife InsuranceProperty Insurance
No H1B
Responsibilities
Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop the core systems and create APIs that power our best-in-class user experiences
Build out our internal tooling and APIs to make business and engineering processes easier, faster, and safer
Implement systemic changes to align existing systems with current architectural goals
Integrate with external services to manage payments, documents, and claims
Integrate with data providers to source real-time information on hundreds of data points, including property characteristics and risk profiles
Provide subject matter expertise, mentorship, and support to individuals on your team
Collaborate on architectural discussions with your team
Contribute to important architectural and operational decisions like microservices vs. monoliths, deployment techniques, technologies, policies, etc
Participate in daily stand-ups, weekly 1:1's, and biweekly retros
Qualification
Required
At least 4 years of professional/production experience developing backend web-stack applications
Professional experience leveraging Go in prior roles. Please note, part of the interview process includes completing a code challenge in Go
Sustained track record of creating improvements in business-critical systems around stability, performance, and scalability
Demonstrated ability to deliver complete systems from start to finish in a reasonable time frame with little or no supervision
Strong interpersonal skills, such as an ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Benefits
Remote-First Culture - We supported #remotelife long before it was a given. We'll keep promoting it.
Competitive Salary & Equity
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Plan Offerings
Life and disability coverage including voluntary options
Parental Leave - up to 8 weeks (320 hours) of paid parental leave based on meeting eligibility requirements
(Birthing parents may be eligible for additional leave through STD)
401K Company Contribution - Openly contributes 3% of the employee's gross income, even if the employee does not contribute.
Work-from-home stipend - We provide a $1,500 allowance to spend on setting up your home workplace
Annual Professional Development Fund: Each employee has $2,000 in professional development (PD) funds to spend on activities or resources annually.
Be Well Program - Employees receive $50 per month to use towards your overall well-being
Paid Volunteer Service Hours
Referral Program and Reward
Company
Openly
Openly offers premium home insurance exclusively through independent agents in multiple states.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$430.87MKey Investors
Eden Global PartnersAllianz XAdvance Venture Partners
2025-01-30Series Unknown· $123M
2025-01-30Debt Financing· $70M
2023-09-21Series D· $100M
Leadership Team
Ty Harris
CEO & Co-Founder
Matt Wielbut
Co-Founder & CTO
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