About the role

Role overview

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Submission Processing Team, you’ll build LLM-based backend solutions that process millions of insurance documents. This is a core R&D role at the intersection of AI and backend engineering, with meaningful impact on both technology and business.

Responsibilities

Design and develop solutions based on language models for processing insurance documents
Collaborate with a global engineering team to build scalable backend systems
Own the end-to-end development lifecycle, from design through production

Requirements

5+ years of software engineering experience with deep Python expertise
Experience with AWS and serverless technologies (e.g., Lambda, EC2)
Strong skills in asynchronous workflows and cloud environments
Solid system design, debugging, and problem-solving fundamentals
Production experience with LLMs, including the challenges of deploying them at scale
Comfortable with relational databases, ideally PostgreSQL
Proactive communication: surface blockers, ask the right questions, keep stakeholders informed
Strong experimentation mindset: test ideas, measure results, and iterate quickly
Fluency with coding agents and AI-assisted development; actively push AI tool capabilities
Strong ownership: drive projects to completion with minimal oversight
Passion for R&D and solving hard problems

Nice-to-haves

Not specified explicitly beyond the requirements

About Kalepa

Kalepa is an AI-focused company building LLM-based solutions for processing large volumes of insurance documents. The company applies AI and backend engineering to extract accurate information and synthesize it into usable insights at scale.

Senior Backend Engineer (Submission Processing Team)

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