Senior Backend Engineer - Client integrations (New York)

Kalepa
New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 185,000 - 215,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Ownership","Proactive communication","Collaboration"]

Senior backend engineer focused on building external-facing APIs and client integrations within Kalepa's AI underwriting platform. You’ll design API endpoints, optimize database queries, and integrate with a range of third-party services, collaborating with a global team to ship scalable backend solutions that improve speed, reliability, and customer value.

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Kalepa
Kalepa
8 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Client integrations (New York)

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Job Summary

Senior backend engineer focused on building external-facing APIs and client integrations within Kalepa's AI underwriting platform. You’ll design API endpoints, optimize database queries, and integrate with a range of third-party services, collaborating with a global team to ship scalable backend solutions that improve speed, reliability, and customer value.
Location: New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build API endpoints for client integrations and external workflows
  • •Improve database query performance and overall backend reliability
  • •Integrate Kalepa with a wide range of third-party services and systems
  • •Translate product requirements into reliable business logic and diagnose customer issues
  • •Collaborate with a global team of engineers to ship scalable backend solutions

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 185,000 - 215,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityPaid LeaveGym MembershipPhone ReimbursementLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of software engineering experience, ideally with time spent building external-facing APIs or designing integrations with 3rd party systems
  • •Strong fundamentals in system design, debugging, and problem-solving
  • •Know Python (our main stack) and experience with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2) and cloud environments
  • •Are comfortable with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
  • •Take full ownership of your work and drive projects to completion with minimal oversight
Experience:5+ yearsInsuranceAIFintech
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingOwnershipProactive communicationCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonAWSLambdaEC2PostgreSQLServerlessCloudDistributed systems

Company Brief

Kalepa
Provides a lending decisioning and credit automation platform that helps banks and lenders automate SME loan origination, underwriting, and risk decisioning using data aggregation and analytics.
Industry: Lending
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