NY, United States of America Remote (Global) Employment $190k – $255k USD

Kalepa is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer - New Products (USA)

About the Role

We're building a new generation of AI-driven tools for the insurance industry and need a seasoned backend engineer to lead the charge in prototyping and delivering transformative features. In this role, you'll work at the intersection of innovation and execution, transforming bold ideas into functional, high-impact systems.

What You'll Do

  • Design and develop new product capabilities from concept to production, focusing on rapid iteration and real-world validation
  • Build fast, lean prototypes to demonstrate technical feasibility and user value
  • Test unproven ideas early and often, using data to guide decisions and refine direction
  • Own end-to-end development of backend systems, from architecture to deployment and monitoring
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities where AI can unlock new market potential
  • Translate experimental features into robust, scalable solutions ready for broad adoption

What We're Looking For

  • At least 8 years of hands-on software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping complex systems
  • Strong command of Python and modern backend development practices
  • Proven experience with cloud infrastructure, including serverless platforms like Lambda, EC2, and asynchronous processing pipelines
  • Familiarity with relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL
  • Ability to work independently, solve ambiguous problems, and communicate progress clearly
  • A mindset oriented toward fast learning, rapid feedback, and continuous iteration

Nice to Have

  • Exposure to large language models or generative AI applications
  • Background in distributed systems or high-scale backend architectures

Our Culture

We value ownership, speed, and impact. We expect engineers to drive projects forward with minimal oversight, challenge assumptions constructively, and prioritize customer outcomes above all. We believe in transparency, merit-based growth, and learning quickly from both successes and failures.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation ranging from $190k to $255k USD, based on experience and location
  • Meaningful equity package aligned with long-term impact
  • 20 days of paid time off annually
  • Gym and phone expense reimbursements
  • Support for student loan payments
  • Annual global offsites and regional team gatherings

Work Environment

This role is open to remote candidates worldwide or those preferring to work from our New York office. We support asynchronous collaboration across time zones and foster connection through regular meetups and company-wide gatherings.

Required Skills
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Kalepa
Insurance is a $7T global industry built on professional labor: underwriting, claims, pricing, operations, and distribution. Kalepa is building AI that can perform that work. We create professional-grade AI systems for insurers: software that can read, reason, decide, and act inside real workflows and operate over long-time horizons. Kalepa begins by augmenting professionals with the tools to succeed at their jobs. That earns us the right to learn from real decisions, capture decision traces, and automate what can be automated successfully over time. Our products are already in production with leading insurers, driving measurable outcomes and expanding across functions. The opportunity is far broader than any single workflow: to build the AI operating system for decision-making across insurance. For people who want to work on AI that matters, in a sector where correctness, trust, and real-world impact count, Kalepa is just getting started. Kalepa is backed by leading investors such as IA Ventures and Inspired Capital, and our team brings experience from Facebook, Palantir, Google, Amazon, McKinsey, Mastercard, and Uber.
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Job Details
Department New Products
Category backend
Posted 4 hours ago