Senior Product Engineer (Backend) - Developer ProductsLocation: Dublin, County Dublin, IrelandOverviewKota is building insurance and retirement benefits as accessible as modern software. The Kota Platform is the world’s first fully integrated benefits platform, and Kota Embed is our embedded insurance and retirement product for platforms.As a Senior Product Engineer (Backend) on the Kota Embed team, you will shape APIs and SDKs that power embedded insurance and retirement benefits worldwide. You will design resilient systems, solve complex product challenges, and create developer-first experiences that our customers rely on.ResponsibilitiesBuild and enhance products to scale Kota’s API and embed products.Collaborate with designers, engineers, integrations teams, and benefit experts to translate ideas into reliable, scalable, and secure products.Take end‑to‑end ownership from technical architecture and system design to incident response and continuous improvement of developer‑facing APIs and docs.Serve as an incident responder for technical issues, fostering a blameless culture of learning and improvement.Research, design, and implement enhancements that strengthen our product and processes.Architect and build new features for our customer‑facing APIs and SDKs.Transform inefficient internal workflows into self‑service features that delight customers.Lead technical efforts to resolve customer‑reported issues as part of the incident response team.Qualifications8+ years of experience building backend systems, with expertise in .NET (latest 8+), SQL databases, ORM frameworks, and automated test frameworks.Cloud experience with Azure or AWS.Experience building API products in fintech, payroll, or benefits is a plus.Strong collaborative skills and a proven track record of delivering value to customers or users.Availability for at least 5 hours of overlap with GMT working hours.BenefitsCompetitive salary and equityHealth insurance contributionWorkplace pension with matched contributions (depending on location)WFH stipend to support home office needsGroup life assuranceGenerous PTOAnnual, company‑wide offsiteHiring ProcessIntroductory call (30 min)Technical interview (2 sessions: 1 h each)Call with founders (30 min)Final response and next stepsWe are an equal‑opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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