Senior Backend Engineer, Pricing Platform

Lemonade
EU, Amsterdam
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["TypeScript","Rust","Python","Kubernetes","Cloud-native","AI","Actuarial","Pricing"]

Senior Backend Engineer role focusing on building and scaling Lemonade’s pricing platform. You’ll design core rating services, architect cross-language systems (TypeScript, Rust, Python), and develop AI-powered research pipelines, collaborating with actuaries to translate pricing models into high-performance code and guiding architecture decisions across cloud-native, Kubernetes-enabled infrastructure.

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Lemonade
Lemonade
8 months ago

Senior Backend Engineer, Pricing Platform

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Job Summary

Senior Backend Engineer role focusing on building and scaling Lemonade’s pricing platform. You’ll design core rating services, architect cross-language systems (TypeScript, Rust, Python), and develop AI-powered research pipelines, collaborating with actuaries to translate pricing models into high-performance code and guiding architecture decisions across cloud-native, Kubernetes-enabled infrastructure.
Location: EU, Amsterdam
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key 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
  • •Lead technical decisions about system architecture, interfaces, and design patterns

Key Requirements

  • •Deep experience with system design and architectural decision-making
  • •Proficiency in one backend language with ability to pick up new ones (TypeScript, Rust, Python)
  • •Experience building performance-optimized systems with business impact
  • •Track record of designing complex technical systems from scratch including interfaces and abstractions
  • •Comfort with Kubernetes deployments and cloud-native architectures
Experience:InsurancePricingActuarialAI
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science
Skills:TypeScriptRustPythonKubernetesCloud-nativeAIActuarialPricing
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptRustPythonKubernetesDomain-Specific LanguageDSL

Company Brief

Lemonade
Lemonade is a technology-first insurance carrier that uses AI and behavioral economics to offer renters, homeowners, pet, car, and life insurance with instant underwriting and claims, and a social-impact 'Giveback' model donating leftover premiums to nonprofits.
Industry: InsurTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 500M to 1B
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2015
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