Why Openly

Openly is rebuilding insurance from the ground up. We are re-envisioning and enhancing every aspect of the customer experience. Doing this requires a rapidly growing team of exceptional, curious, empathetic people with a wide range of skill sets, spanning technology, data science, product, marketing, sales, service, claims handling, finance, etc.

The Openly Difference

The Price Difference: Using cutting-edge data and technology, we provide customizable, competitive prices to protect your most valuable assets.
The Policy Difference: Coverages are truly customizable to meet your individual protection needs, for both standard coverages and optional add-ons.
The Experience Difference: From tailored claims handling to highly responsive customer service, we are focused on making the home insurance purchasing process a better overall experience.

Our Values

At Openly, our people are just as important as our product. Collaboration, communication, and work-life balance are must-haves that make us who we are. We believe a great company is the result of a shared set of values:

Integrity
Empathy
Teamwork
Curiosity
Urgency

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We embrace individuality and believe diverse teams are winning teams. Our commitment to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience drives us forward every day.

Job Details

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 core systems and create APIs that power best-in-class user experiences
Build 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 property characteristics and risk profiles
Provide subject matter expertise, mentorship, and support to team members
Collaborate on architectural discussions and contribute to decisions on microservices vs. monoliths, deployment techniques, technologies, and policies
Participate in daily stand-ups, weekly 1:1s, and biweekly retros

Our Stack

Backend: Go & PostgreSQL
Frontend: 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 and Kafka, Fivetran
Infrastructure: Google Cloud (Cloud Run, Kubernetes, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, CloudSQL), Terraform, GitHub, DataDog, CircleCI
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 (code challenge in Go required during interview)
Track record of improving stability, performance, and scalability in business-critical systems
Ability to deliver complete systems independently in a reasonable timeframe
Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Compensation & Benefits

Budgeted Salary Range: $145,600 - $163,800 USD
Full Salary Range: $145,600 - $218,400 USD

Benefits include:

Remote-first culture (#remotelife)
Competitive salary & equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
Life and disability coverage (including voluntary options)
Parental leave (up to 8 weeks paid; additional leave for birthing parents via STD)
401K company contribution (3% of gross income, even if employee does not contribute)
$1,500 work-from-home stipend
$2,000 annual professional development fund
$50/month Be Well program stipend
Paid volunteer service hours
Referral program and rewards
Cash incentive compensation eligibility (depending on role)

Eligibility

U.S. Citizens, Green Card Holders, and those authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer and currently residing in the U.S. will be considered.
Openly is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination.
Openly is an E-Verify Employer in the U.S. and will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

AI-Assisted Hiring

We leverage AI to organize applications and resumes based on required skills and experience. Applicants may also use an AI-supported scheduling tool to choose interview times. While AI assists with efficiency, all hiring decisions are made by our team members.

Senior Backend Engineer (Remote, US)