Senior Backend Engineer, Data Infrastructure

Tel Aviv, Israel | Tech Development | Full-time
Not your everyday company

Lemonade completely reinvented how insurance works. As a customer-centric tech company, we created an insurance experience that is smart, instant, and delightful.

At Lemonade, you’ll be working with a group of like-minded makers, who get a kick out of moving fast and delivering great products. We surround ourselves with some of the smartest, most motivated, creative people who are filled with positive energy and good karma.

Unlike most publicly traded companies, we’re nimble and efficient. We take pride in the fact that we still think and operate like a startup. We don’t care much about titles and hierarchy and instead focus on innovation, bold moves, and challenging the status quo.

We’re built as a lean, data-driven organization that relies on a common understating of objectives and goals to provide teams with autonomy and ownership. We don’t like spending our days in meetings and we skip committees altogether. At Lemonade, there’s no such thing as going over someone’s head. We have zero tolerance for bureaucracy, office politics, and lean-back personalities.

As a Public Benefit Corporation and a certified B-Corp, we deliver environmental and social impact using our products and tech. Through our Giveback program, we partner with organizations such as the ACLU, New Story, The Humane Society, Malala Fund, American Red Cross, 360.org, charity: water, and dozens of others, and have donated millions towards reforestation, education, animal rights, LGBTQ+ causes, access to water, and more.

Awarded ‘best workplace’
Best Workplace and Best-Led Company by Inc. Magazine
“World Changing” by Fast Company
Recognized as a World Changing Idea by Fast Company Magazine
Ranked #1 Home insurance in America
Won best renters and homeowners insurance in America by US News, and others
Best Pet Insurance in America
Rated “Best Overall Pet Insurance” by Better Homes & Gardens
Rated 4.9 on the App Store
Among the highest rated apps of all time
What you’re applying for

As part of the Data Infrastructure team, you’ll help build Lemonade’s data platform for our growing stack of products, customers, and microservices.

Our platform ingests and processes data from operational databases, telematics, and diverse product sources. You’ll build robust backend services and data processing pipelines, leveraging state-of-the-art frameworks and cloud-native solutions, all while collaborating with Data Engineers, ML Engineers, Analysts, and Product Managers to turn real-world needs into resilient systems.

In this role you’ll

Design & Develop Backend Services: Lead the design and implementation of backend systems and APIs for our distributed data platform

Build Data Ingestion & Processing: Architect and develop scalable ingestion pipelines with streaming ETL, Change Data Capture, and large-scale batch and stream processing

Own Data Platform Infrastructure: Implement and optimize scheduling, workflow orchestration, and data governance tools to support high-quality, compliant data flows

Drive Engineering Standards: Establish and promote backend best practices, ensuring high reliability, code quality, and maintainability across the team

Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, ML engineers, product managers, and analysts to translate business needs into scalable backend systems

Mentorship: Share your backend and infrastructure expertise by collaborating, reviewing, and mentoring fellow engineers.

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience as a Backend, Data, or Infrastructure Engineer building large-scale backend systems and data-driven platforms.

B.S. in Computer Science or a similar field

Proven backend development skills with expertise in Python. Additional languages, a plus.

Proven experience with distributed systems, microservices, building and maintaining robust backend APIs

Proficiency with databases (SQL, NoSQL), data modeling, and streaming data architectures.

Ability to work in an office environment a minimum of 3 days a week

Enthusiastic about learning and adapting to the rapidly evolving world of AI and data-driven engineering

Past experience with modern data stacks (e.g., Snowflake, Kafka, Airflow, DBT, Spark), an advantage

Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and orchestration (preferably AWS, K8s, Terraform/Pulumi), an advantage

Things to know…

Lemonade is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusivity. We never discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you require reasonable accommodations due to religious beliefs, pregnancy, or disabilities, let us know at any time.