Staff Backend Engineer – Core Product

📋 Description

• We are seeking talented backend engineers who are passionate about developing robust systems around fragmented yet high-value data.

• As a member of the Core Backend team, you will focus on the systems that are central to Kalepa: creating services, data models, pipelines, and evaluation loops.

• Our objective extends beyond just cleaner data; we aim to establish an intelligence layer that facilitates improved, quicker, and more understandable decision-making.

• You will be part of a high-ownership team accountable for some of Kalepa’s most crucial infrastructure. Your contributions will enhance the completeness of our data, increase the transparency of our decisions, and elevate the value of our products.

⛳️ Requirements

• Possess 8+ years of experience in software engineering.

• Show hustle and determination; you excel in your field and are relentless in your pursuit of excellence.

• Take full responsibility for your work and drive projects to completion with minimal supervision.

• Communicate proactively by highlighting obstacles, asking pertinent questions, and keeping stakeholders informed.

• Thrive on experimentation; you are comfortable testing ideas, measuring outcomes, and quickly iterating on unresolved problems.

• Have strong foundational skills in system design, debugging, and problem-solving.

• Proficient in Python, our primary stack, although we welcome strong candidates from other object-oriented programming backgrounds.

• Experienced with serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2), asynchronous workflows, and cloud environments.

• Familiar with relational databases, preferably PostgreSQL.

• Bonus: experience with LLMs/generative AI and distributed systems.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary (based on experience level).

• Substantial equity options package.

• Collaborate with an ambitious, intelligent, global, and enjoyable team to revolutionize a $7T global industry.

• 20 days of paid time off (PTO) annually.

• Global team offsites (2021 - Playa del Carmen, 2022 - Rome, 2023 - Buenos Aires, 2024 - Lisbon, 2025 - Cartagena).

• Stipend for healthy living/gym expenses and mobile phone bills.

• Continuing education credits.