Founding Backend Engineer (m/f/d)

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead and scale our cloud infrastructure and build Python-based systems. You'll own core systems that power our AI-first insurance claims automation engine, ensuring they're secure, scalable, observable, and fast.

This is not just another dev role-you'll be building foundational systems for a mission-critical, regulated product. You'll drive everything from infrastructure automation with Terraform, to Python-based services, to DevOps and security best practices.

If you thrive on low-latency backend systems, infrastructure-as-code, and cutting through complexity in cloud architecture, this one's for you.

Activities

• Architect Cloud-Native Systems : Design scalable backend systems using Python, event-driven services, and service patterns
• Own Infrastructure as Code : Lead the design and maintenance of our Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure
• DevOps & Observability : Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines, logging, tracing, and system health checks
• Security & Compliance : Build with SOC2 and GDPR in mind-IAM, encryption, audit logs, zero trust
• Performance & Scalability : Optimize infrastructure for throughput, reliability, and latency
• Collaboration & Mentorship : Work closely with product and AI engineers to align tech with business goals and mentor less senior devs
• Automation & Tooling : Build tools that make developers faster and systems safer

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering in a high-paced environment (e.g., start-up, scale-up)
• Expert in Python : Clean code, strong test coverage, performance tuning
• AWS & Terraform Proficiency : Multi-environment setups, modularization, versioning, secrets management
• Cloud-Native Design : Event-driven patterns, serverless functions, asynchronous job processing
• Security-first Mindset : Identity management, encryption, secure defaults

Team

You'll work side-by-side with our CPO - but that's not all. You'll also have direct mentorship from our Head of Engineering. With 15+ years of startup experience - including at BCG Digital Ventures, SoundCloud, and Issuu - he's scaled products from early MVP to millions of users, built world-class teams, and seen what it takes to win. You'll learn how to build right - and build fast.

Application Process

As part of the application process, you'll meet all co-founders, dive deep into our product roadmap and vision with our CPO, and go through a technical interview with our Head of Engineering.