Senior Backend Engineer - Platform
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
Enthusiasm about learning and adapting to the exciting world of AI – a commitment to exploring this field is a fundamental part of our culture