Builds and owns backend underwriting and pricing infrastructure, including decisioning systems, data integrations, and risk rules. The role requires 5+ years of backend engineering experience, advanced SQL, distributed systems expertise, and familiarity with cloud infrastructure and production operations.
160k – 185k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEBackend Engineering
About the role
Responsibilities
Own a portion of the underwriting and pricing platform end to end, from requirements through development, QA, and production.
Lead technical design discussions, evaluate tradeoffs, and write clean, maintainable code through a strong code review culture.
Build and extend critical decisioning systems at the core of underwriting and pricing.
Partner with Product, Design, Operations, Risk analysts, and Engineering to align priorities and deliver high-impact solutions.
Communicate updates, risks, blockers, and recommendations clearly and proactively.
Identify opportunities to improve team processes, engineering output, and stakeholder and user experience.
Manage assigned work independently and follow through on commitments, deadlines, and deliverables.
Ensure work complies with applicable policies, procedures, standards, and regulatory requirements.
Requirements
5+ years of experience building backend services with Go, Java, Python, or C#.
Go experience is not required, but willingness to learn and use Go is expected.
Proven ability to independently execute complex engineering projects from design through delivery.
Advanced SQL skills and experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
Familiarity with modern web infrastructure and production operations, including caching, Kubernetes, API gateways, observability, and deployment patterns.
Strong understanding of distributed systems and microservice architecture.
Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or OCI.
Experience managing infrastructure with infrastructure-as-code tooling such as Terraform.
Ability to manage complex features end to end, partner with product and cross-functional stakeholders, and deliver high-quality work in a dynamic environment.
Nice to Have
Experience working in a workflow orchestration or machine learning infrastructure environment.
Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth, cross-functional environment.
Compensation and Benefits
Annual U.S. base salary range: $160,000–$185,000.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance beginning day one.
Health savings account with employer contribution.
Generous paid time off and paid holidays.
Flexible working hours.
401(k).
Paid parental leave.
Company-sponsored short- and long-term disability.
Flexible spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
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