Staff Backend Engineer

Mulberry is disrupting a $40B insurance industry by providing omnichannel merchants a seamless plug-and-play platform from which to offer product insurance. We call NYC home and are founded by a team of executives who are passionate about e-commerce and building efficiencies through a customer-first outlook. Our platform not only drives revenue for brands, but also improves customer experience and trust in warranty programs.

Mulberry is hiring for a Staff Backend Engineer to help build a modern platform transforming how insurance is priced and offered at the point of sale. As a Backend Engineer at Mulberry, you will be working with a close-knit team with deep experience building financial products for e-commerce.

What You'll Do

• Design, build and maintain the APIs that power the Mulberry platform.
• Design well architected, loosely coupled modules and systems
• Improve engineering practices, documentation
• Work closely with Front-end team to define requirements/specifications
• Participate in scoping work, estimation and project planning

What We’re Seeking

• 6+ years of experience working on software development teams
• Scripting languages: Python, PHP or Java
• Flask or Django framework
• Relational database design, SQL, ORMs/SQLAlchemy
• Git workflow
• Unit / Integration testing
• Agile workflow

You may be a great candidate if you

• Are passionate about writing high quality code
• Enjoy refactoring and leaving code in a better place than when you found it
• Want to make a huge impact on a brand new, innovative platform
• Are an excellent communicator
• Take pride in ownership and driving projects to completion
• Are passionate about building products
• Are great at learning something new
• Function independently with minimal oversight but also on a team
• You want to work on a new codebase with a fresh stack

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• Full benefits, including 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO
• Strong, vibrant, and fun culture, with lots of virtual outings!