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Equal Parts · 10 hours ago

Backend Software Engineer

Equal Parts is rebuilding insurance from the ground up using AI, automation, and modern infrastructure. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to join their small, high-impact platform team, where the role involves designing and maintaining serverless backend systems and collaborating with frontend engineers to deliver features.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)InsuranceInsurTech

Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain serverless backend systems using Python on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge, Step Functions)
Build infrastructure for AI agents that automate document processing, data extraction, and workflow orchestration
Implement event-driven architectures and patterns
Design and optimize DynamoDB data models and access patterns
Integrate with external systems including insurance platforms, CRMs, and document processing services
Partner closely with frontend engineers to ship end-to-end features
Write comprehensive automated tests, including integration tests

Qualification

PythonAWS serverless servicesInfrastructure as CodeDynamoDBCollaboration with frontend engineers

Required

3+ years of backend engineering experience with Python
Strong experience with AWS serverless services (Lambda, DynamoDB, EventBridge)
Comfort working with Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi, Terraform, or CDK)
Proven track record of collaborating closely with frontend engineers to deliver features

Preferred

Experience working with AI agents and Anthropic Claude
Familiarity with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Logfire, or Grafana
Background in insurance, fintech, or other regulated industries

Benefits

Major Medical Health Insurance with employer contributions toward premiums
Voluntary benefits including dental, vision, supplemental life, disability, accident, and other optional coverages

Company

Equal Parts

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Equal Parts builds next-generation insurance agency.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$10M
2025-04-01Seed· $10M

Leadership Team

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Michael Witte
CEO and Founder
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Graham Yennie
Head of Technology and Co-founder
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