# Senior Backend Engineer - Platform at Lemonade

- Company: Lemonade
- What the company does: Lemonade, America’s top-rated insurance company, protects your family and your belongings—at home, and everywhere else. Sign up in seconds, get paid in minutes. Backed by General Catalyst, GV and Entrepreneur First.
- Company website: https://lemonade.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: TLV
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2025-10-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lemonade/5a856db7-2c07-4b98-8a01-69d15b98071d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lemonade-senior-backend-engineer-platform/

## About the role

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

## What they're looking for

- 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

Tags: Tech Development