Senior Backend Engineer - Platform

Senior Backend Engineer - Platform | Lemonade Careers Open Menu Renters Homeowners Car Pet Life Giveback Close Menu Renters Homeowners Car Pet Life Giveback All Positions > Tech Development > Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Senior Backend Engineer - Platform Tel Aviv, Israel | Tech Development | Full-time Not your everyday company Lemonade completely reinvented how insurance works. As a customer-centric tech company, we created an insurance experience that is smart, instant, and delightful. At Lemonade, you’ll be working with a group of like-minded makers, who get a kick out of moving fast and delivering great products. We surround ourselves with some of the smartest, most motivated, creative people who are filled with positive energy and good karma. Unlike most publicly traded companies, we’re nimble and efficient. We take pride in the fact that we still think and operate like a startup. We don’t care much about titles and hierarchy and instead focus on innovation, bold moves, and challenging the status quo. We’re built as a lean, data-driven organization that relies on a common understating of objectives and goals to provide teams with autonomy and ownership. We don’t like spending our days in meetings and we skip committees altogether. At Lemonade, there’s no such thing as going over someone’s head. We have zero tolerance for bureaucracy, office politics, and lean-back personalities. As a Public Benefit Corporation and a certified B-Corp, we deliver environmental and social impact using our products and tech. Through our Giveback program, we partner with organizations such as the ACLU, New Story, The Humane Society, Malala Fund, American Red Cross, 360.org, charity: water, and dozens of others, and have donated millions towards reforestation, education, animal rights, LGBTQ+ causes, access to water, and more. Awarded ‘best workplace’ Best Workplace and Best-Led Company by Inc. Magazine “World Changing” by Fast Company Recognized as a World Changing Idea by Fast Company Magazine Ranked #1 Home insurance in America Won best renters and homeowners insurance in America by US News, and others Best Pet Insurance in America Rated “Best Overall Pet Insurance” by Better Homes & Gardens Rated 4.9 ⭐ on the App Store Among the highest rated apps of all time What you’re applying for We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform team in Tel Aviv. You'll build the infrastructure that powers our entire engineering organization, accelerating how our teams ship features that millions of customers rely on. This role is perfect for someone who loves solving complex distributed systems challenges and creating tools that make other developers' lives better. We believe three things matter for every role at Lemonade: drive to push through challenges, efficiency that keeps standards high while moving fast, and adaptability that lets you pivot with data and AI insights. These aren't buzzwords, they're how we actually work. Our AI-first approach isn't just a tagline either. We're building the future of insurance with AI at the center, and we need people who are genuinely excited to learn and grow alongside these tools. In this role you'll: Build core platform services that support all Lemonade development teams across web, mobile, and backend systems Design and maintain robust APIs for distributed microservices architecture using TypeScript, with Rust experience as a major plus Collaborate with staff engineers and tech leads to establish platform standards, patterns, and best practices across the engineering organization Own service stability and communication between systems, implementing both synchronous and asynchronous patterns at scale Drive developer efficiency initiatives by creating tools, frameworks, and infrastructure that eliminate friction for product teams Work hands-on with AWS infrastructure including Kafka, RabbitMQ, EKS, SQS, Lambda, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Pulumi Partner closely with DevOps teams to ensure seamless deployment, monitoring, and scaling of platform services What you'll need: 5+ years as a software engineer with strong focus on backend systems and platform development Deep experience with distributed systems and microservices, including building and maintaining APIs that serve multiple teams Hands-on expertise with modern infrastructure — AWS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, EKS, SQS, Lambda, Helm, Terraform, or Pulumi TypeScript proficiency with Rust experience strongly preferred Platform or core team background — you've built infrastructure that supports multiple development teams, not just end-user features Developer empathy — you understand what makes engineers productive and can translate that into platform solutions Ready to work in an office environment most days a week Enthusiasm about learning and adapting to the exciting world of AI – a commitment to exploring this field is a fundamental part of our culture Things to know… Lemonade is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity. 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