Openly provides customizable homeowners insurance through independent agents, using data and modern software to simplify quoting, policy management, and claims. Its purpose is to replace opaque insurance workflows with clearer coverage and a more human experience for agents and homeowners.
Senior Backend Engineer – Payments & Billing
Design and maintain the Go services, APIs, integrations, and operational tooling behind Openly's payments, billing, documents, claims, and insurance data workflows.
- Salary
- USD 145,600–163,800/year
- Commitment
- Full-time
- Remote region
- Remote · United States
- Engagement
- Full-time employee
- Duration
- Permanent
About this role
This engineer will join a core backend team responsible for the services that power Openly's insurance platform and customer experiences. The work includes designing APIs, improving internal tooling, modernizing existing systems, and integrating with external payments, documents, claims, and property-data providers.
Openly's backend is primarily Go with PostgreSQL, running on Google Cloud with Cloud Run, Kubernetes, Pub/Sub, Cloud SQL, Terraform, Datadog, and CircleCI. The role combines hands-on delivery with architectural decisions, production reliability, mentorship, and collaboration across technical and nontechnical teams; prior payments or billing systems experience is especially relevant.
Role requirements and focus
What you’ll work on
- Build reliable backend services and APIs for Openly's core insurance and customer workflows.
- Integrate external payments, documents, claims, and property-data systems safely.
- Improve the stability, performance, and scalability of business-critical services.
- Strengthen engineering decisions and team capability through architecture work and mentorship.
What they’re looking for
- At least four years of professional experience building production backend web applications.
- Professional Go experience and willingness to complete the interview coding exercise in Go.
- A record of improving the stability, performance, or scalability of business-critical systems.
- Ability to deliver complete systems with limited supervision and explain technical concepts to nontechnical partners.
- Current authorization to work full-time in the United States without present or future employer sponsorship.
Skills and focus
- Backend
- Full-time employee
- Go
- PostgreSQL
- API design
- Payments
- Billing systems
- Google Cloud
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Datadog
- CircleCI
Useful context
Specialty
Backend
Work type
Full-time employee
Source
Openly / Ashby
Last verified
Jul 29
Verification context
Openly's employer-controlled Ashby page returned this exact full-time role as listed, remote in the United States, and accepting applications.
Role terms can change after verification. The employer application page remains the final authority.