Senior Backend Engineer (Python/AWS)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Backend Engineer (Python/AWS)

Description

Design and build external-facing API endpoints that support core customer workflows in an AI-enabled insurance platform. You’ll own API and integration work end-to-end—implement endpoints, integrate third-party services, improve database/query performance, and translate product requirements into dependable business logic. Collaborate with full-stack, data, ML, and DevOps engineers to deliver scalable backend services as the product expands.

Responsibilities

• Design and build external-facing API endpoints for customer workflows

• Integrate the platform with third-party services

• Translate product requirements into reliable business logic

• Improve database and query performance across the platform

• Diagnose and resolve customer issues as they arise

• Contribute to making the platform faster, more stable, and easier to use

• Build scalable backend solutions that support company growth

• Collaborate with full-stack, data, ML, and DevOps engineers across a global team

• Take ownership of features from concept through production

• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Experience building external-facing APIs or integrating third-party systems

• Strong programming skills in Python (or another object-oriented language with willingness to work in Python)

• Experience with serverless/cloud environments such as AWS Lambda and EC2

• Experience designing asynchronous workflows

• Experience working with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL

• Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving

• Proven ability to take full ownership and drive projects to completion with minimal oversight

• Proactive communication—surface blockers and keep stakeholders informed

• Comfort with experimentation: test ideas, measure results, and iterate quickly

• Excellent English communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with LLMs or generative AI

• Experience with distributed systems