Founding Backend Engineer (m/f/d)
Founding Backend Engineer (m/f/d)
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Job Description
Were looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead and scale our cloud infrastructure and build Python-based systems. Youll own core systems that power our AI-first insurance claims automation engine ensuring theyre secure scalable observable and fast.
This is not just another dev roleyoull be building foundational systems for a mission-critical regulated product. Youll drive everything from infrastructure automation with Terraform to Python-based services to DevOps and security best practices.
If you thrive on low-latency backend systems infrastructure-as-code and cutting through complexity in cloud architecture this ones for you.
Who We Are
We are Inca a venture-backed startup on a mission to automate insurance claims through Agentic AI.
- Weve just closed one of the largest and most competitive InsurTech Pre-Seed rounds in Europe backed by top-tier VCs.
- We bring Agentic AI to insurance industry with a no-bullshit approach delivering cutting-edge results where others overpromise.
- The market is on fire: were flooded with inbound interest from insurers eager to transform their claims processes.
- Our team combines former BCG Project Leaders industry- and AI-experts. Together were redefining how insurances are operating in Europe.
What we are Building
At INCA were building the engine behind the future of insurance. Our hyper-modular Agentic AI platform is redefining how automation scales in heavily regulated enterprise environments. Powered by the latest frameworks in agentic computing our system isnt just smart its redefining the speed service quality and fairness of insurance.
- At the core: a modular Agentic Engine that commands specialized agent teams each built for mission-critical tasks across the insurance claims lifecycle.
- Each agent is equipped with best-in-class tools integrated seamlessly from data retrieval to decision support to payout optimization.
- The result A powerful compliant and highly adaptive AI system that sets a new bar for enterprise-ready Agentic AI.
Tasks
Youll work side-by-side with our CPO but thats not all. Youll also have direct mentorship from our Head of Engineering. With 15 years of startup experience including at BCG Digital Ventures SoundCloud and Issuu hes scaled products from early MVP to millions of users built world-class teams and seen what it takes to win. Youll learn how to build right and build fast.
- Architect Cloud-Native Systems: Design scalable backend systems using Python event-driven services and service patterns
- Own Infrastructure as Code: Lead the design and maintenance of our Terraform-managed AWS infrastructure
- DevOps & Observability: Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines logging tracing and system health checks
- Security & Compliance: Build with SOC2 and GDPR in mindIAM encryption audit logs zero trust
- Performance & Scalability: Optimize infrastructure for throughput reliability and latency
- Collaboration & Mentorship: Work closely with product and AI engineers to align tech with business goals and mentor less senior devs
- Automation & Tooling: Build tools that make developers faster and systems safer
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering in a high-paced environment (e.g. start-up scale-up)
- Expert in Python: Clean code strong test coverage performance tuning
- AWS & Terraform Proficiency: Multi-environment setups modularization versioning secrets management
- Cloud-Native Design: Event-driven patterns serverless functions asynchronous job processing
- Security-first Mindset: Identity management encryption secure defaults
Bonus Points For
- Experience deploying AI/ML pipelines vector databases or model-serving infrastructure
- Building developer platforms or internal tooling for automation
- Experience with insurance regtech or other high-compliance domains
Your First 30 Days
- Ship Production Code: Deliver enhancements or features to our existing Python backend or AWS infrastructure
- Audit & Review: Deep-dive into current infra and codebaseidentify strengths weaknesses and opportunities for improvement
- Level Up Observability: Upgrade and extend monitoring alerting and logging for greater insight and reliability
- Benchmark & Optimize: Profile key services reduce latency and improve cost efficiency
Benefits
Why Join Us
- AI That Ships: Build real-world LLM systemsnot just research prototypes
- Agentic Infrastructure: Own the logic structure and behavior of AI agents in production
- Cutting Edge Stack: Use the best tools in GenAI and help us push them further
- High Autonomy: Drive both research and implementation decisions alongside experienced teammates
- Equity Competitive Salary: Strong base VSOPs
- Location: Offices in Berlin or Munich (3days per week) frequent team events
- Holiday: 30 days of vacation & up to two weeks work-from-everywhere
- Culture: We are builders and are dedicated to building an open inclusive and driven culture where engineers thrive - professionally and personally.
Employment Type
Full Time
