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
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
Skills Required
- 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
- Hands-on expertise with AWS (EKS, SQS, Lambda) and messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi, Terraform, or Helm
- TypeScript proficiency
- Rust experience
- Background on a platform or core team building infrastructure for multiple development teams
- Developer empathy and ability to design solutions that improve engineering productivity
- Willingness to work in an office environment most days a week (Tel Aviv)
- Enthusiasm for learning and adapting to AI-driven development practices
Lemonade Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Lemonade and has not been reviewed or approved by Lemonade.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is delivered via mainstream Cigna medical options, with multiple plan types and supplemental health protections. This signals broad networks and a robust core healthcare offering.
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Retirement Support — A company 401(k) match is part of the package and is positioned alongside other core financial benefits. This provides structured retirement savings support as a standard element of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is presented as generous, alongside paid sick time and strong parental leave with a return-to-work program. These time-off provisions extend beyond the basics and support work-life needs.
Lemonade Insights
What We Do
Our mission is simple: Create the world’s most loved insurance through technology and social impact. As a certified Public Benefit Corporation and B-Corp, Lemonade is constantly challenging how the insurance industry does business. We’re creating an experience that is fast, affordable, and hassle-free across renters, homeowners, pet, life and car insurance. And through our annual Giveback program, in which leftover premiums are donated to charities our customers choose, we’ve donated nearly $5 million to a variety of organizations in need.
Why Work With Us
We’ve set out to make insurance loveable, fast, simple, and socially impactful - words that aren’t often associated with this industry. We’re a Certified B-corp, the only US insurance company to never invest in polluting industries, and our annual Giveback program has donated nearly $5 million globally to nonprofits in need.
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