Amsterdam Backend Engineer - Pricing Platform & AI

HireHi; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Amsterdam office

Job summary

Lemonade is seeking an experienced backend architect to design and implement core rating services for insurance pricing. You will craft scalable systems in TypeScript, Rust, and Python while leading architectural decisions.

You will build AI-powered research pipelines for actuaries, create reusable SDKs, and optimize latency-critical components used by millions of customers. Office-based Amsterdam presence is expected most days.

Qualifications

• Strong system design experience and architectural decision-making.
• Proficient in backend languages with ability to quickly learn new ones.
• Experience building performance-optimized systems where latency matters.
• Track record designing complex technical systems from scratch, including interfaces and abstractions.
• Educational degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Ready to work in an office environment most days of the week.
• Enthusiasm about learning and adapting to AI.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core rating services that calculate prices for insurance products used by millions.
• Architect complex systems spanning TypeScript, Rust, and Python across different problem domains.
• Build AI-powered research pipelines that help actuaries discover new pricing insights.
• Create SDKs and code patterns that other teams can build on top of.
• Optimize performance-critical systems where milliseconds matter for customer experience.
• Collaborate with actuaries to translate complex mathematical models into scalable code.
• Lead technical decisions about system architecture, interfaces, and design patterns.

Skills

System design

Backend development

Architecture decisions

Adaptability

Efficiency mindset

Learning AI

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

TypeScript

Rust

Python

Kubernetes

Cloud-native architectures

Job description

Lemonade is seeking an experienced backend architect to design and implement core rating services for insurance pricing. You will craft scalable systems in TypeScript, Rust, and Python while leading architectural decisions.

You will build AI-powered research pipelines for actuaries, create reusable SDKs, and optimize latency-critical components used by millions of customers. Office-based Amsterdam presence is expected most days.