Senior Backend Engineer - Openly

About Openly

Build the future of insurance with a team that values simplicity, empathy, and innovation. Openly is redefining the insurance experience, replacing decades of complexity with clarity and modern technology. We’re the insurance provider people trust and the partner independent agents choose.

What Sets Us Apart

• Technology that delivers: We use data to modernize underwriting and deliver tailored insurance solutions that fit how people actually live.
• Superior protection: Highly customizable coverage designed around what policyholders need.
• Effortless from quote to claim: Simple, intuitive workflows for independent agents and fast, human-centered care for policyholders.

Our Core Values

Our people are as important as our product. Collaboration, open communication, and work-life balance aren't just nice-to-haves—they’re at the core of how we operate. We look for people driven by integrity, empathy, teamwork, curiosity, and urgency.

Job Summary

We’re hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to be a part of one of our core teams building the backend for Openly's insurance platform. You will play an essential role in designing, building, testing, and maintaining the services and technology that power our insurance offering and customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with internal and external partners to develop the core systems and create APIs that power our best-in-class user experiences.
• Build out our internal tooling and APIs to make business and engineering processes easier, faster, and safer.
• Implement systemic changes to align existing systems with current architectural goals.
• Integrate with external services to manage payments, documents, and claims.
• Integrate with data providers to source real-time information on hundreds of data points, including property characteristics and risk profiles.
• Provide subject matter expertise, mentorship, and support to individuals on your team.
• Collaborate on architectural discussions with your team.
• Contribute to important architectural and operational decisions like microservices vs. monoliths, deployment techniques, technologies, policies, etc.
• Participate in daily stand-ups, weekly 1:1s, and biweekly retros.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Go & PostgreSQL
• Frontend: Browser-based, VueJS, Webpack, Nuxt, Tailwind
• Research / Data Science: R, ArcGIS, Jupyter Notebooks, Python
• Data: GCP GCS, BigQuery, Composer/Airflow, Cloud Functions, Postgres, SQL, Python, Go, Aiven Debezium, Kafka, Fivetran
• Infrastructure: Google Cloud (Cloud Run, Kubernetes, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, CloudSQL) managed with Terraform. GitHub for code hosting, DataDog for monitoring, CircleCI for CI/CD.
• Remote Tools: Slack, Zoom, Donut

Requirements

• At least 4 years of professional/production experience developing backend web-stack applications.
• Professional experience leveraging Go in prior roles. (Note: The interview process includes a live or async code challenge in Go.)
• Sustained track record of creating improvements in business-critical systems around stability, performance, and scalability.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complete systems from start to finish in a reasonable time frame with little or no supervision.
• Strong interpersonal skills, such as an ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for employer visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Perks & Benefits

• Remote-first culture: Flexible work model built for distributed collaboration.
• Competitive pay & equity: Top-tier base salary paired with ownership in Openly’s growth.
• Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Life & disability insurance: Full coverage including voluntary supplemental options.
• Paid parental leave: Up to 8 weeks (320 hours) of paid parental leave for eligible employees.
• 401(k) company contribution: 3% gross income contribution, regardless of personal contribution.
• Home office setup: $1,500 upfront allowance for your workspace, plus a $75/month internet stipend.
• Professional development: $2,000 annually for courses, conferences, or resources.
• "Be Well" program: $50/month stipend dedicated to personal health and wellness.
• Volunteer hours & referral rewards: Paid time off for community service plus financial rewards for candidate referrals.