Senior Backend Engineer (LatAm)

Kalepa; México; A distancia; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading company in the commercial insurance sector is seeking a core engineer to join their dynamic team. The role involves working on innovative applications using React and Python, with a focus on solving complex problems. Ideal candidates will have robust programming skills and a passion for technology. This position offers competitive compensation, equity options, and a collaborative work environment with global reach.

Servicios

Competitive salary

Significant equity options package

20 days of PTO a year

Global team offsites

Gym stipend

Mobile phone bill stipend

Continuing education credits

Formación

• Minimum of 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Experience in modern FE framework – Preferably React/Redux.
• Experience with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

Responsabilidades

• Work on client-facing applications written in React + Redux.
• Collaborate with global teams of backend, Data, ML, and DevOps engineers.
• Tackle challenging problems using cutting-edge tech including NLP.

Conocimientos

Problem Solving

Design

Debugging

Building Front End Components

Educación

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science

Herramientas

Docker

Git

GitHub

Flask

NumPy

Pandas

Descripción del empleo

Commercial insurance is a trillion-dollar industry run out of Microsoft Outlook.

Kalepa's team members bring experience from top technology companies, including Facebook, Google, Amazon, Mastercard, and Uber. Kalepa is backed by leading VCs like IA Ventures and Inspired Capital.

Our Values (This is important):

Many organizations have a dusty list of corporate values that no one ever follows. Kalepa is not one of those companies. Our values are designed to unlock the potential of our employees.

Success at Kalepa is bred from five core principles:

• Hustle & Grit - We expect everyone at Kalepa to be excellent at what they do and relentless in pursuing their craft. There are no easy days. Kalepa’s exceptional speed and determination are our biggest differentiators: this is how we win.
• Customer Focus - We will ruthlessly prioritize the work that drives our clients’ growth, profitability, and efficiency. We are not building things just because they seem cool - we are here to solve our customers’ most strategic problems.
• Meritocracy - Too many exceptional people are stifled by corporate bureaucracies. At Kalepa, those people excel - and we reward tremendous results with rapid promotions and compensation growth.
• Transparency - We are honest with each other. We don’t believe in back-office politics and keeping employees in the dark. Transparency allows us to instantly cut to the heart of the matter and figure it out together.
• Experimentation - For many of the problems we face, no company has ever solved them before. We tackle these by quickly testing, measuring, and iterating to determine the path to success.

In addition to our NY office, we have remote employees speaking 10+ languages across the globe. But we invest in bringing our people together both for regional meetups and global offsites (2021 - Playa Del Carmen | 2022 - Rome | 2023 - Buenos Aires | 2024 - Lisbon).

Kalepa’s culture isn’t for everyone, and that’s ok. But for the people who are a fit, they can’t imagine working elsewhere.

About the role:

Salary range: $75k – $110k USD*

We are looking for smart programmers who love to code, seek challenging problems and appreciate recognition for excellent work. As a core engineer you will step into a greenfield opportunity where your efforts will have a massive impact. You will be working on cutting edge tech including NLP, firmographic data, entity resolution and much more.

In this role you will be working on our client facing application written in react + Redux as well as backend services created in Python + pSQL. In addition, you can expect to collaborate with a global team of backend, Data , ML, and DevOps engineers who are considered polyglots flexing their ability to adapt as we scale.

In July 2021 we raised a $14 million Series A funding round led by Inspired Capital, with participation from previous investor IA Ventures.

You'll be right at home if you:

• Have a minimum of 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Have excellent development skills including design, debugging and problem solving.
• Enjoy building front end components including end to end design/architecture.
• You have experience in a modern FE framework – Preferably React/Redux.
• You have experience in backend development and API Design.
• You possess a bachelors or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• We primarily use Python3 however are open to seeing your code in other OO languages (Java, C++, C#, etc).
• Experience with AWS as we work with serverless technologies and asynchronous workflow.
• Have worked with relational databases with a preference for PostgreSQL
• Have worked with some of the following tools: Docker, Git, GitHub, Flask, NumPy,Pandas.

What you’ll get:

• Competitive salary (based on experience level)*.
• Significant equity options package.
• Work with an ambitious, smart, global, and fun team to transform a $1T global industry.
• 20 days of PTO a year.
• Global team offsites.
• Gym stipend. Mobile phone bill stipend.
• Continuing education credits.

*The salary range listed is an estimate and will vary based on a variety of factors. Final compensation will be determined during the offer stage based on relevant experience, performance during the interview process, and geographic location, and may therefore differ from the posted range.

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