Senior Backend Engineer - Platform

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform team in Tel Aviv. You'll build the infrastructure that powers our entire engineering organization, accelerating how our teams ship features that millions of customers rely on. This role is perfect for someone who loves solving complex distributed systems challenges and creating tools that make other developers' lives better. We believe three things matter for every role at Lemonade: *drive* to push through challenges, *efficiency* that keeps standards high while moving fast, and *adaptability* that lets you pivot with data and AI insights. These aren't buzzwords, they're how we actually work. Our AI-first approach isn't just a tagline either. We're building the future of insurance with AI at the center, and we need people who are genuinely excited to learn and grow alongside these tools. ## **In this role you'll:** - Build core platform services that support all Lemonade development teams across web, mobile, and backend systems - Design and maintain robust APIs for distributed microservices architecture using TypeScript, with Rust experience as a major plus - Collaborate with staff engineers and tech leads to establish platform standards, patterns, and best practices across the engineering organization - Own service stability and communication between systems, implementing both synchronous and asynchronous patterns at scale - Drive developer efficiency initiatives by creating tools, frameworks, and infrastructure that eliminate friction for product teams - Work hands-on with AWS infrastructure including Kafka, RabbitMQ, EKS, SQS, Lambda, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Pulumi - Partner closely with DevOps teams to ensure seamless deployment, monitoring, and scaling of platform services ## **What you'll need:** - 5+ years as a software engineer with strong focus on backend systems and platform development - Deep experience with distributed systems and microservices, including building and maintaining APIs that serve multiple teams - Hands-on expertise with modern infrastructure — AWS, Kafka, RabbitMQ, EKS, SQS, Lambda, Helm, Terraform, or Pulumi - TypeScript proficiency with Rust experience strongly preferred - Platform or core team background — you've built infrastructure that supports multiple development teams, not just end-user features - Developer empathy — you understand what makes engineers productive and can translate that into platform solutions - Ready to work in an office environment most days a week