Senior Backend Engineer (Python)

Senior Backend Engineer

The Engineering team is responsible for all technology for Bestow and the Bestow Platform. We serve employees, consumers, and enterprise customers. In addition to building software, we integrate and manage many third-party products used by employees and as part of the platform. Our major functional teams are product engineering, infrastructure, IT, data & analytics, MarTech, and program management. Engineering works closely with product management and design to define and prioritize the product roadmap.

As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Origination Group Engineering Team, you will work closely with the Enrollment Product Managers, Underwriters, and our external partners to develop and support solutions to power our digital life insurance enrollment experience. You will also collaborate with teams across Bestow to plan and execute the product roadmap. Our system is composed of several modular services written in Python, Java, and Go. The Origination Group services are written in Python and Java and integrate with other services using gRPC, REST, and async messaging patterns. Our services run on Kubernetes in Google Cloud Platform, and you will share responsibility for operating our workloads on these platforms.

What You'll Do

You will be developing web services using Python + PostgreSQL, Java, and Drools Rule Language.

We're a startup with a long product roadmap and multiple partners. You will help build new platform capabilities that scale with our business.

We work remotely, so effective written communication and teleconference skills are essential.

Who You Are

You would be a good fit for this role if :

You seek out problems and opportunities, proactively proposing solutions.

You are interested in the business and want to understand how your role contributes to its success.

You take responsibility for the quality of your work and the services we provide to stakeholders.

You write maintainable software, including automated tests.

You provide thoughtful, respectful feedback to peers and are receptive to feedback from peers.

You ensure features are observable and monitored for failure.

You work well with designers, product managers, customer support associates, and other engineers.

Additional experience :

3-7 years of professional software development experience (backend)

Professional experience with Python or Java is preferred

Comfortable using Docker for local software development

Experience working with distributed systems or microservices

Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases (comfortable writing ANSI SQL)

Experience designing APIs (Protocol Buffers, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.)

Experience building, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting software

Cloud computing & Kubernetes (or similar container orchestration) preferred

Total Rewards

At Bestow, we're proud to be awarded for our team members, innovative products, and culture. Our standard benefits include :

Competitive salary and equity based on role

Policies and managers that support work / life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave programs

100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance

Lifestyle stipend to support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing

Flexible work-from-home policy and open to remote

Remote and WFH options, as well as a beautiful, state-of-the-art office in Dallas' Deep Ellum, for those who prefer an office setting

Employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

We've been recognized year after year by Great Place to Work, Built In Best Places to Work, and Fortune's Best Workplaces in Texas (2022-2025).

We've been named one of Fortune's Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance (2022-2024), a CNBC and Statista World's Top Insurtech Company (2024), and one of The Financial Technology Report's Top Insurtech Companies (2024-2025).

We're honored to be recognized as a Best Place for Working Parents for three consecutive years (2023-2025).

We value diversity at Bestow. The company will recruit, hire, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We understand the importance of creating a safe and comfortable work environment and encourage individualism and authenticity in every team member.

Thanks for considering a career at Bestow!