Senior Backend Engineer

We are Lema AI is a fast-growing, venture-backed B2B SaaS company on a mission to ensure modern businesses never fail because of a third-party incident. We’re reimagining the stagnant Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) and cyber resilience space by moving companies from reactive compliance to proactive, real-time risk prevention powered by advanced AI. Already trusted by industry-leading enterprises, Lema is entering a phase of hypergrowth. We’re tripling our team as we build a category-defining platform, guided by a culture of radical ownership, transparency, and fast, cross-functional execution. If you thrive in high-context, high-impact environments, you’ll feel at home here. More about Lema: Lema.ai website Business Insider - Cybersecurity startup Lema has come out of stealth to raise $24 million Team8 - Why We Invested In Lema About the TPRM market: McKinsey - nearly one-third of recent cyber breaches originated from third parties Hitch Partners - Third-party risk dominates security priorities, with AI-enhanced attacks and cloud misconfigurations completing the top three concerns. We’re looking for a a senior backend engineer with 6+ years of experience, playing a key role in building impactful, user-centric products from the ground up. As part of the company’s early engineering team, you’ll help shape both the product and the engineering culture, own backend architecture, lead end-to-end feature development, and drive technical excellence while collaborating closely with product, design, and infrastructure in a fast-growing environment.