Backend Engineer (Co-op)
Summary
Co-op backend engineering role at General Magic, a Toronto startup whose AI agents automate insurance workflows (quoting, claims intake, broker communication). You'll build APIs and backend services, integrate with carrier/MGA/broker systems, design data models and write tests, working onsite five days a week. Python preferred.
Who we are
For decades, insurance software has been built around rigid forms, portals and call centers that create friction for customers and drag for teams. Even as AI has advanced, most insurance work is still manual, slow and spread across disconnected systems.
General Magic builds AI agents that handle quoting, follow-ups, document collection, verification, claims intake and broker communication, connected directly to carrier, MGA and broker systems. We've raised $7.2M USD from Radical Ventures, a16z and several AI luminaries. We work onsite in Toronto five days a week.
The role
This is a co-op role on our engineering team. You'll work on the backend services, APIs and integrations that connect our agents to carrier, MGA and broker systems, and ship code that runs in production.
In this role, you will
Build and extend APIs and backend services
Work on integrations with insurance systems and third-party data sources
Design data models and write queries that hold up as we grow
Write tests, fix bugs and help keep our systems reliable
For this role, you should have
Enrolment in a co-op program, ideally in computer science, engineering or a related field
Backend projects you've built and shipped, whether at work, school or on your own
Comfort with APIs, databases and at least one backend language, ideally Python
The ability to find your way around an unfamiliar codebase
A bias toward shipping and learning fast
