
Python
PostgreSQL
AWS
Backend Engineer
Overview
Kalepa is building AI that can perform professional labor in the insurance industry, creating professional-grade AI systems for insurers.
Job Description
Kalepa is backed by leading investors and has a team with experience from top companies. They focus on building AI that matters in the insurance sector.
Responsibilities
- - Own backend services, data and ML pipelines, and the infrastructure behind our product used by commercial insurance underwriters
- - Build and improve systems that ingest, process, and reason over large volumes of structured and unstructured data
- - Collaborate closely with experienced full-stack, backend, ML, and platform engineers
- - Shape how production systems are designed, built, tested, and operated at scale
Required Skills
- - 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production systems
- - Excellent development skills including design, debugging, and problem solving
- - Strong in Python, with solid fundamentals in at least one other language
- - Experience with relational databases, with a preference for PostgreSQL
- - Experience with AWS and asynchronous or serverless workflows (EC2, Lambda, etc.)
- - Can design and build data-driven microservices leveraging RESTful APIs
- - Degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- - Enjoy writing code and solving non-trivial technical problems
- - Curious about AI, data, and real-world applications of machine learning
- - Take ownership and are comfortable working with ambiguity
- - Move fast, learn quickly, and value high standards
- - Appreciate direct feedback, meritocracy, and transparency
Benefits
- - Competitive salary based on experience level
- - Significant equity options package
- - Direct work on core systems at a fast-growing AI startup
- - Fully remote work from Europe
- - Onsite team events in Warsaw and global team offsites
- - Real responsibility and production impact from day one
- - 20 days of PTO a year
- - Gym, phone, and learning stipend reimbursement
About the company
Copilot - our AI-powered underwriting software - helps commercial and specialty insurers better serve businesses with more accurate pricing and relevant coverage. It’s a win-win for insurers and businesses alike.
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