Jerry. ai
Car ownership management
EngineeringTeamLead,CoreProductEngine(Backend)
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“Engineering Team Lead, Core Product Engine (Backend) at Jerry. ai. Skills: Core Backend development, Automation systems evolution, Fault-tolerant framework development, Scalable architecture design, Asynchronous state management. Owning the most critical part of the 'last mile' orchestration of complex, multi-step transactions with external systems to finalize insurance policy purchases. Building custom orchestration layers that navigate internal and external interfaces with precision”
What You'll Achieve.
Evolve current automation systems to a robust, fault-tolerant framework; Handle external interface changes gracefully; Scale across dozens of new categories with minimal manual intervention; Grow from 5M to 50M users
Industry & Context.
Solving difficult problems; Hunting for edge cases in complex business logic; Understanding exactly why a script failed; High-stakes puzzle of asynchronous state management and real-time system reliability
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience with TypeScript, Experience with Nest.js, Experience with React, Experience with GraphQL, Experience with AWS (ECS/EKS, Lambda)
Nice to Have
Experience with AI-first approach for building next generation internal tools
What You'll Do.
Owning the most critical part of the 'last mile' orchestration of complex
multi-step transactions with external systems to finalize insurance policy purchases
Building custom orchestration layers that navigate internal and external interfaces with precision
Evolving current automation systems to a robust
fault-tolerant framework
Handling external interface changes gracefully
Scaling automation across dozens of new categories with minimal manual intervention
Deeply understanding the technical and business sides of the core product
Leading incremental refactoring of existing automation systems
Designing and implementing new standards
Pairing with engineers to ensure the new system is predictable and testable
Shifting towards using an AI-first approach to building the next generation of internal tools
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Pairing with engineers to ensure the new system is predictable and testable; Working with likeminded peers who are equally passionate
Full Job Description
The technical challenge: More than 80% of Americans own a car and see it as a fundamental necessity, yet the experience of owning one is stuck in the 90s. Every part of the user journey (shopping for a car, insurance, repairs, etc) is complicated, fragmented, expensive and time-consuming. At Jerry.ai http://Jerry.ai, we are building the first mobile app to manage it all. Our insurance marketplace is our core product today, and our ability to automate the end-to-end shopping experience is our core differentiator. The Core Backend Team owns the most critical part of that, the "last mile", where we orchestrate complex, multi-step transactions with external systems to finalize insurance policy purchases. Because the industry lacks modern APIs, we build custom orchestration layers that navigate internal and external interfaces with precision. It is a high-stakes puzzle of asynchronous state management and real-time system reliability. Your challenge will be to evolve our current automation systems to a robust, fault-tolerant framework that can handle external interface changes gracefully and scale across dozens of new categories with minimal manual intervention. Why you will (or won’t) like working here: - Ownership: You’ll report directly to our co-founder/CTO, who is actively involved in product implementation. There is no red tape, no slow-moving processes, and no layers of approvals needed. If you have an idea, you can pitch it, build it, and see it live in days. - Stellar team: We have a very high bar for talent, as a result, we have a small but mighty team that can move fast and accomplish a lot. You will work with likeminded peers who are equally passionate and who care intensely about what they do. - Hands-on: Many of our TLMs are ex-founders, they like getting their hands dirty and solving difficult problems. You will spend 80% of your time doing hands-on technical work (e.g. transitioning our legacy automation systems into a more decoupled, scalable architectur
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