Jerry. ai

Technology

TechLead,CoreProductEngine(Backend)

CA$230–280k Toronto, Ontario, Canada FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Tech Lead, Core Product Engine (Backend) at Jerry. ai. Skills: Backend development, System architecture, Automation. Evolve automation systems. Build custom orchestration layers”

What You'll Achieve.

Grow from 5M to 50M users

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Edge case hunting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years backend experience, Experience with asynchronous state management, Experience with fault-tolerant frameworks, Experience with external interface changes, Experience with scaling systems, Experience with AI-first approach, Experience building next generation internal tools, Experience with offline, asynchronous jobs, Experience with decoupling, Experience with state management, Experience with failure retry logic

Nice to Have

Founded a company, Lead architect at early stage startup

What You'll Do.

Evolve automation systems

Build custom orchestration layers

Navigate internal interfaces

Navigate external interfaces

Manage asynchronous state

Ensure system reliability

Handle external interface changes

Scale across new categories

Refactor existing automation systems

Implement new standards

Build next generation internal tools

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Pairing with engineers

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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