Remote Senior Backend Engineer (LatAm)

Description:

• Kalepa is an award-winning AI software company transforming the commercial insurance industry.
• The company’s AI Copilot platform empowers underwriters to make smarter, faster, and more accurate decisions.
• Copilot delivers real impact to insurers from day one, with positive feedback from underwriters.
• The platform serves insurers of all sizes, including large carriers, hypergrowth MGAs, and small regional insurers.
• The role is for a Senior Backend Engineer based in Latin America, focusing on a greenfield opportunity with significant impact.
• The engineer will work on a client-facing application using React and Redux, as well as backend services in Python and PostgreSQL.
• Collaboration with a global team of backend, Data, ML, and DevOps engineers is expected.
• The company raised a $14 million Series A funding round in July 2021.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience is required.
• Excellent development skills, including design, debugging, and problem-solving, are necessary.
• Experience in building front-end components and end-to-end design/architecture is essential.
• Proficiency in a modern front-end framework, preferably React/Redux, is required.
• Experience in backend development and API design is necessary.
• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field is required.
• Proficiency in Python3 is preferred, but experience in other object-oriented languages (Java, C++, C#, etc.) is acceptable.
• Experience with AWS and serverless technologies is required.
• Familiarity with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL, is necessary.
• Experience with tools such as Docker, Git, GitHub, Flask, NumPy, and Pandas is preferred.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary based on experience level is offered.
• A significant equity options package is included.
• Opportunity to work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $1 trillion global industry.
• Employees receive 20 days of paid time off (PTO) per year.
• Global team offsites are organized for team building.
• A gym stipend and mobile phone bill stipend are provided.
• Continuing education credits are available for professional development.