Senior Backend Engineer

• Join a small backend functional team (maximum 4–5 people) at Cytora, an AI-powered platform transforming how insurers and brokers connect, operate, and grow. • Prototype, implement, ship, and support features that are changing the insurance industry, with Generative AI at the core of the product. • Work independently within a team guided by a technical lead and product owner, with engineering distributed across Europe. • Fully remote role, open to candidates anywhere in the UK or Ireland with permanent right to work.

• Proficient in Python with hands-on experience across libraries such as FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, pytest, and mypy. • Strong experience with mypy or another static type checker. • Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and OpenAPI specification. • Experience with relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL. • Comfortable with Docker and docker-compose for local development and packaging. • Hands-on experience with AWS Lambda, S3, RDS, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, and SES. • Familiar with Git and GitHub-based workflows.

• Experience with Redis, GCP Vertex AI (Gemini), or BigQuery. • Background with OCR engines such as AWS Textract, Google Document AI, or Tesseract. • Prompt engineering experience with large language models. • Familiarity with Kubernetes, CircleCI, Datadog, Auth0, Terraform, or LocalStack. • Experience with role-based access control and JSON Schema.

• Prototype, implement, ship, and support backend features on Cytora's AI-powered insurance platform. • Build and maintain Python-based backend services deployed primarily as AWS Lambda functions. • Collaborate with a technical lead and product owner to ensure the team delivers the right features. • Contribute to the digitisation of insurance risks using Generative AI at the core of the product. • Work asynchronously with a distributed European engineering team.

Do you want to work alongside some of the smartest ML, AI and software engineers in a supportive environment? Do you want to have a global positive impact on an essential insurance industry, want to truly learn as much as possible and sharpen your skills? Founded in 2014 in Cambridge, we believe Cytora is the perfect company if you want to work in one of the leading digital risk processing platforms in the world. With Cytora, global insurers such as Allianz, Beazley, and Chubb can digitise risk data at scale, turning unstructured information into structured, decision-ready formats. This helps them be more specific in measuring risk and providing insurance they feel comfortable with. In case you want to help the insurance industry measure better and more efficiently while working with some of the smartest people in the space, then Cytora is the place to be.

• Competitive salary. • Flexible working and remote options. • Professional development budget and conference access. • Annual company retreats. • A mission-driven culture that puts people first.

Cytora, now an Applied Systems company, is transforming how insurers and brokers connect, operate, and grow. Its AI-powered platform drives smarter decisions, greater efficiency, and seamless collaboration across the global insurance ecosystem. Engineering and product teams are distributed across Europe, working remotely in small, autonomous teams.