Staff Backend Engineer — Core Product, Equity & Impact

Kalepa; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Significant equity options

20 days PTO

Healthy living/gym stipend

Mobile phone bill stipend

Continuing education credits

Global team offsites

Job summary

Kalepa is seeking strong backend engineers in the United States to join its Core Backend team. Responsibilities include designing services, data models, and ensuring reliable systems for high-value data. All candidates should have at least 8 years of software engineering experience, particularly in Python and system design. Competitive salary ranges from $100k – $185k USD, alongside significant equity options and a supportive global team culture. Additional perks include 20 days PTO and continuing education credits.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving.
• Experience with serverless technologies and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Design services, data models, pipelines, and evaluation loops.
• Join the Core Backend team responsible for business-critical infrastructure.
• Drive projects to completion with minimal oversight.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

System design

Debugging

Problem-solving

Serverless technologies

Relational databases

LLMs/generative AI

Tools

PostgreSQL

Lambda

EC2

Job description

Kalepa is seeking strong backend engineers in the United States to join its Core Backend team. Responsibilities include designing services, data models, and ensuring reliable systems for high-value data. All candidates should have at least 8 years of software engineering experience, particularly in Python and system design. Competitive salary ranges from $100k – $185k USD, alongside significant equity options and a supportive global team culture. Additional perks include 20 days PTO and continuing education credits.