Staff Backend Engineer

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 1-10H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

Poland

Posted

8 days ago

Salary

€156K - €200K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglishCloudDistributed SystemsEC2PostgreSQLPython

Job Description

Staff Backend Engineer

WhyHireWrong?

• Own core systems for high‑value data • Design reliable services • Enable faster, more explainable decisions for insurers • Work on the systems at the center of the business - designing services, data models, pipelines, and evaluation loops • Make our data more complete, our decisions more transparent, and our products even more valuable

Job Requirements

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Hustle and grit - excellent at your craft and relentless in pursuing it
  • Full ownership of your work, driving projects to completion with minimal oversight
  • Proactive communication - surfacing blockers, asking the right questions, keeping stakeholders in the loop
  • Comfort with experimentation - testing ideas, measuring results, iterating quickly on problems no one has solved before
  • Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
  • Python (our main stack), though we're open to strong candidates from other OO backgrounds
  • Experience with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2), asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments
  • Comfort with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
  • Bonus: experience with LLMs/generative AI, distributed systems

Benefits

  • Competitive salary based on experience level
  • Significant equity options package
  • Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team transforming a $7T global industry
  • 20 days of PTO a year
  • Global team offsites
  • Healthy living/gym stipend, mobile phone bill stipend
  • Continuing education credits

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