Senior Backend Engineer - AI-Driven Insurance Platform

present of AI; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cytora is seeking a hands-on backend engineer to turn insurance risk data into structured information. You will work in a small team, building production features with typed Python, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL, while running serverless code on AWS.

Experience with Docker, message queues, and email/notification services is valued. You will own features from prototype to support in a rapidly evolving AI-centric product.

Qualifications

• Typed Python with mypy
• REST API design with OpenAPI
• PostgreSQL queries and schema
• Serverless AWS Lambda projects
• Docker and message queues
• OCR/document extraction pipelines
• LLM integration (Gemini on Google Cloud)
• Ability to own a feature from prototype through to support

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features turning insurance risk information into structured data.
• Own a feature from prototype through to support.
• Create and maintain REST APIs and data models using PostgreSQL.
• Operate serverless backend on AWS and manage infrastructure.

Skills

Typed Python

REST API design

OpenAPI

PostgreSQL

Serverless AWS Lambda

Docker

Message queues

OCR pipeline

LLM integration

Gemini on Google Cloud

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Cytora is seeking a hands-on backend engineer to turn insurance risk data into structured information. You will work in a small team, building production features with typed Python, REST APIs, and PostgreSQL, while running serverless code on AWS.

Experience with Docker, message queues, and email/notification services is valued. You will own features from prototype to support in a rapidly evolving AI-centric product.