Staff Backend Engineer - Core Product (USA)
About The Position
Kalepa is building AI systems for insurers to perform tasks like underwriting, claims, pricing, operations, and distribution. The company's AI software is designed to read, reason, decide, and act within real workflows, aiming to augment professionals and eventually automate tasks. Kalepa's products are currently in production with leading insurers, demonstrating measurable outcomes and expanding across various functions. The long-term vision is to create an AI operating system for decision-making in the insurance sector. The company is backed by investors like IA Ventures and Inspired Capital, with a team experienced from major tech companies and consulting firms. Kalepa emphasizes core principles such as Hustle and Determination, Deliver Customer Impact, Meritocracy, Transparency, and Experiment Relentlessly. The company has a global presence with remote employees and invests in bringing the team together through regional meetups and global offsites.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Embody hustle and grit, excellent at craft and relentless in pursuing it.
- Take full ownership of 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: comfortable testing ideas, measuring results, and iterating quickly on problems no one has solved before.
- Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving.
- Know Python (main stack), or strong candidates from other OO backgrounds.
- Experience with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2), asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments.
- Comfortable with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with LLMs/generative AI.
- Experience with distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- Work on systems at the center of Kalepa, designing services, data models, pipelines, and evaluation loops.
- Build an intelligence layer that enables better, faster, and more explainable decisions.
- Join a high-ownership team responsible for critical business infrastructure.
- Make data more complete, decisions more transparent, and products more valuable.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Significant equity options package
- Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team
- 20 days of PTO a year
- Global team offsites
- 100% covered PPO medical for individuals and families
- 100% covered vision and dental for individuals and families
- Healthy living/gym stipend
- Mobile phone bill stipend
- Continuing education credits
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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