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Senior Backend Engineer (Remote, US) - Join the Insurance Revolution

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2025-11-03

Embark on a new career journey with Openly, a pioneering insurance company rebuilding the industry from the ground up. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll enjoy the freedom and flexibility of a remote role, leveraging your diverse skillset to drive success and shape the future of insurance. With a competitive salary range of $145,600 - $163,800 USD and a comprehensive benefits package, this is an opportunity you won't want to miss.

At Openly, we're reimagining the customer experience, and we need exceptional talent like yours to join our rapidly growing team. With thousands of agents selling our product, millions of dollars in annual customer premiums, and a $100M Series D fundraise under our belt, we're poised for explosive growth. And with the support of top investors like Google's Gradient AI-focused fund, Obvious Ventures, and Advance Venture Partners, you can trust that you're joining a stable and well-backed company.

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you'll play a vital role in designing, building, testing, and maintaining the services and technology that power our insurance platform and customer experiences. You'll collaborate with internal and external partners to develop core systems, create APIs, and integrate with external services to manage payments, documents, and claims. Your expertise will help us drive systemic changes, implement best practices, and contribute to important architectural and operational decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop core systems and create APIs
  • Build out internal tooling and APIs to streamline business and engineering processes
  • Implement systemic changes to align existing systems with current architectural goals
  • Integrate with external services to manage payments, documents, and claims
  • Provide subject matter expertise, mentorship, and support to team members
  • Contribute to architectural discussions and important operational decisions

Our Stack:

  • Backend/Core: Go, Temporal, and Postgresql
  • Frontend: Browser-based, VueJS, Webpack, Nuxt, and Tailwind
  • Research/Data Science: R, ArcGIS, H2O, and Python
  • Infrastructure: Google Cloud, Cloud Run, Cloud Build, and CloudSQL, managed with Terraform
  • Remote work tools: Slack, Zoom, and Donut

Requirements:

  • At least 4 years of professional experience developing backend web-stack applications
  • Professional experience with Go
  • Track record of creating improvements in business-critical systems around stability, performance, and scalability
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver complete systems from start to finish with little or no supervision
  • Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Target salary range: $145,600 - $163,800 USD
  • Full salary range: $145,600 - $218,400 USD
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plan offerings
  • Life and disability coverage, including voluntary options
  • Competitive PTO and paid holidays
  • Parental leave and 401K company contribution
  • Work-from-home stipend and annual professional development fund
  • Be Well Program and paid volunteer service hours

How to Apply: If you're ready to make a significant impact and join a revolutionary insurance company, submit your application today. Apply Now

Openly is an equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination employer, committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees and qualified applicants.

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