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title: 'Backend Engineer - ML Platform at Lemonade'
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# Backend Engineer - ML Platform at Lemonade

- **Company:** Lemonade
- **Location:** Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lemonade/7cdf4386-e378-42b6-8f52-58ef7ff99ba8

## Job description

We're looking for a Backend Engineer to help build and scale the Machine Learning Platform that powers how Lemonade uses AI across the business. You'll be part of the ML Platform team, designing the infrastructure that lets our data scientists move faster, ship smarter, and operate with confidence in production.

We believe three things matter for every role at Lemonade: drive to push through challenges, efficiency that keeps standards high while moving fast, and adaptability that lets you pivot with data and AI insights. These aren't buzzwords, they're how we actually work. Our AI-first approach isn't just a tagline either. We're building the future of insurance with AI at the center, and we need people who are genuinely excited to learn and grow alongside these tools.

## IN THIS ROLE YOU'LL

- Design and build the foundational ML platform and AI agents to accelerate data science model delivery across all business units
- Architect cloud-native microservices running on Kubernetes, using infrastructure-as-code to automate model deployment and management
- Own the end-to-end ML lifecycle, covering training, testing, deployment, and real-time monitoring
- Evaluate and choose the right tools and technologies based on workload demands and performance requirements
- Collaborate with engineering, data science, and product teams to keep ML projects aligned with business goals
- Identify and fix reliability, scalability, and performance gaps before they become problems

## WHAT YOU'LL NEED

- 3+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong record of delivering high-scale, production-grade systems
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Hands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases, and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Experience with training, testing, deploying, and monitoring real-time or near real-time ML models in production
- Fluent with AI-powered development tools like Cursor and Claude Code, and genuinely curious about what's next in GenAI, LLMs, and AI agents
- Familiarity with AI concepts like RAG, embeddings, mixture-of-experts, prompt crafting, and LLM context engineering - an advantage
- Sharp problem-solving instincts and the ability to move fast without cutting corners
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, or a related field
- Ready to work in an office environment most days of the week

## About Lemonade

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lemonade is a digital insurance company that uses artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to offer renters, homeowners, pet, car, and life insurance, with a social impact model that donates unused premiums to causes customers choose.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: LMND)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, USA
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Daniel Schreiber and Shai Wininger

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Insurance (property & casualty, pet, life), Fintech, Insurtech
- Target customers: B2C (individuals and families), primarily digitally-native and socially-conscious consumers
- Mission or purpose statement: "Create the world’s most loved insurance through technology and social impact." [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/) Lemonade is a Public Benefit Corporation and certified B-Corp.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **Renters Insurance**: Coverage for personal belongings and liability, typically acquired in ~90 seconds via the app.
- **Homeowners Insurance**: Protection for homes and their contents.
- **Pet Health Insurance**: Health coverage for dogs and cats, including accidents, illnesses, and routine care.
- **Car Insurance**: Standard auto coverage, plus a new, first-of-its-kind **Autonomous Car Insurance** for self-driving vehicles (launched in 2026, priced ~50% lower than human-driven per-mile rate). [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)
- **Term Life Insurance**: Life insurance policies to protect loved ones.
- **Claims Experience**: AI-powered claims processing, with nearly half of claims paid in seconds and a record of 3 seconds to get paid. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available from the provided search results (market cap fluctuates with stock price; check current NYSE: LMND).
- **Key Metric (Annual Revenue)**: Q1 2026 revenue grew 71% YoY to $258M. In-force premium (IFP) reached $1.33B, +32% YoY. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Reinsured by "the most trusted names on the planet" (A-rated). [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/) Partnered with Tesla for Autonomous Car insurance. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)
- **Growth Signals**: 3.14 million customers (+23% YoY); 10th consecutive quarter of accelerating IFP growth; Adj. free cash flow of $17M in Q1 2026; positive Adj. EBITDA expected in Q4 2026. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-First, Instant Everything**: Core differentiator is using AI to deliver policies in ~90 seconds and pay claims in seconds, creating a vastly superior customer experience compared to traditional insurers.
- **Social Impact Model (Giveback)**: A Public Benefit Corporation and B-Corp. Unused premiums are donated to charities chosen by customers. This aligns customer and company incentives, reducing fraud and building brand loyalty. Over $10M donated. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lemonade)
- **Flat Fee Model**: Lemonade takes a flat fee from premiums to run the business, rather than profiting from denying claims. This aligns the company with its customers.
- **First-Mover in Autonomous Car Insurance**: Launched a dedicated product for self-driving cars, pricing risk at ~50% of human-driven rates, positioning them for the future of mobility. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)

## Strategic Focus
- **Profitability**: The company is focused on reaching positive Adjusted EBITDA by Q4 2026, having already achieved positive adjusted free cash flow. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)
- **Product Expansion**: Continuing to launch new, innovative products (e.g., Autonomous Car insurance) and bundling existing ones (renters, car, pet, life) to increase customer lifetime value.
- **International Growth**: Expanding across the US and EU, with a growing customer base and increasing in-force premiums.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a "fast paced, ever changing, zero politics meritocracy." The company values "smart creatives" with "positive energy" and a "passion for building products people love." Emphasis on business impact, self-motivation, and flexibility. [makers.lemonade.com](https://makers.lemonade.com/)
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Offers a hybrid workspace (flexible time on-site) in New York and remote roles in the US. In-office roles available in Tel Aviv, Israel and Amsterdam, Netherlands. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lemonade)
- **Notable Perks**: Offers company equity, 401(K), generous parental leave, dental/health/vision insurance, job training + conferences, and free snacks/drinks. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lemonade)
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on "makers" who "move fast and spend their time building stuff instead of endless meetings." Tech stack includes Ruby, SQL, Python, R, Snowflake, and MySQL. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lemonade)

## Sources
1. [lemonade.com](https://www.lemonade.com/)
2. [makers.lemonade.com](https://makers.lemonade.com/)
3. [lemonade.com/investor](https://www.lemonade.com/investor)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/lemonade)
5. [co.linkedin.com](https://co.linkedin.com/company/lemonade-inc-)

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