Kalepa
kalepa.com
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Financial AI
InsurTech
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Funding and backers
Total raised
$14M
1 round on record
Latest round
$14M
Series A · Sep 2021 · 5 yr ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
26
+5 posted in 30 days
Backers
1
Inspired Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
61 months since the last round · and hiring
Momentum
18/100
hiring for its size, a new city
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 18
First role in Poland Staff Backend Engineer - Core Product (Europe)
Sep 3, 2021
Raised a round Series A $14M · led by Inspired Capital · TechCrunch
2018
Founded
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 7%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Sep 2021 | $14M | Inspired Capital lead | TechCrunch |
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How Kalepa hires
Truth index
A 90/100
Median time to fill
147 days
Ghost roles
8%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Kalepa scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 26 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 8% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 147 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Kalepa is an insurance technology company that builds AI software for commercial insurance underwriters. Its platform reads broker submissions, enriches them with risk data and produces risk insights and quotes in minutes, helping carriers select and price risks across lines of business. It has a team in New York and engineers in Europe. The company is headquartered in New York, New York, United States.
News
Surf Legend Archie Kalepa Gives 'L.A. Times' an Inside Look at Helping Maui Wildfire Survivors
Archie Kalepa is many things- a respected Maui waterman, lifeguard, Polynesian voyager, water rescue instructor, and OluKai ambassador. And in the last week since wildfires ravaged Maui and destroyed ...
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In the ruins of Lahaina, a surfing legend leads a volunteer army to get supplies to survivors
Legendary big-wave surfer Archie Kalepa has turned his home in Lahaina into a well-orchestrated supply depot for survivors of the devastating fire.
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NYC-based insurance underwriting platform Kalepa raises $14M Series A led by Inspired Capital
Kalepa, an insurance underwriting platform based out of New York, has raised a $14 million Series A funding round led by Inspired Capital, with
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Kalepa surfs into Hall of Fame
Archie Kalepa has lived a life full of adventure and accomplishment. And, as with anyone who has spent time on the water, there's aways a story. Always a good one.
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Kalepa, NJB clinch titles
Dennis Fujimoto the garden island PUHI - The Kalepa Hillsiders came from a 10-point deficit to lock up a 47-40 win over Ali'i Basketball to claim the Boys 14 Under championship Sunday at the 2009 Merv Lopes Kaua'i Hoops Classic.
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Kalepa over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
13
Postings analysed
26
Stack modernity
87/100AI adopter
Languages
Python81%
JavaScript12%
TypeScript12%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js12%
Databases
PostgreSQL77%
Cloud & platforms
AWS85%
AWS Lambda81%
Amazon EC281%
AI & ML
LLM31%
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Full Kalepa tech stack
13 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$225k
Typical range
$70k – $300k
Open positions
25
25
Jobs
Junior
4%
Middle
8%
Senior
52%
Staff
32%
Architect
4%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $70k | $70k |
| Middle | 2 | $195k | $135k – $255k |
| Senior | 13 | $225k | $165k – $255k |
| Staff | 8 | $290k | $185k – $300k |
| Architect | 1 | $190k | $190k |
Highest paying role
Staff Platform Engineer - Infrastructure
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Kalepa
By role, level and city, against the market · 25 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
72/100
Growing
Open positions
26
5 opened / 6 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
68 days
faster than 19% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
27% ▼
HR
20% ▲
DevOps
13% ▲
Marketing
13% ▼
Sales
13% ▲
Administrative
7% ▲
Actively hiring for HR (+3 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: United States
Oct 2026
Added HubSpot to stack
Sep 2026
Added NLP to stack
Sep 2026
Added Machine Learning to stack
Sep 2026
New location: San Francisco
Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack
Sep 2026
Added TypeScript to stack
Sep 2026
Added React.js to stack
Sep 2026
Added JavaScript to stack
Sep 2026
New location: New York
Aug 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
New York
New York
United States
HQ
Kalepa Remote
19 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 53% engineering 47% remote 50-200 est. staff $238k Avg Salary
hires for Backend, Sales, DevOps
Jobs
$80k – $165k per year • Equity • Remote (Europe, United States) • 5+ years exp
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$192k – $246k per year • Equity • In office • 5+ years exp • New York
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$210k – $246k per year • Equity • Hybrid • 5+ years exp • New York
Python
JavaScript
TypeScript
PostgreSQL
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$185k – $255k per year • Equity • In office • 4+ years exp • New York
Python
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$60k – $70k per year • Equity • Remote (Europe) • Bachelor's Degree
Python
Machine Learning
Apply
$85k – $135k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 3+ years exp • New York
Jira
Apply
$240k – $300k per year • Equity • Hybrid • 8+ years exp • New York
Python
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
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$220k – $300k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 8+ years exp • New York
Python
PostgreSQL
DevOps
CI/CD
AWS
Docker
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$210k – $290k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 8+ years exp • New York
Python
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$210k – $290k per year • Equity • Remote (United States) • 8+ years exp • United States
Python
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$230k – $290k per year • Equity • Hybrid • 8+ years exp • New York
Python
PostgreSQL
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
$100k – $185k per year • Equity • Remote (Europe) • 8+ years exp
Python
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
LLM
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon EC2
Apply
Financials
Total raised
$14M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2021 | $14M | Details |