Senior Backend Engineer, Python

September 5

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Bestow

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Fintech • Insurance • SaaS

Bestow is a leading life insurance SaaS platform provider that offers innovative technology solutions for life and annuity insurance carriers. By providing tools such as digital applications, customizable underwriting engines, and comprehensive customer portals, Bestow helps streamline the entire insurance process from quoting to policy administration. The company focuses on enhancing the speed and efficiency of insurance operations, enabling carriers to launch new products swiftly and optimize their customer service capabilities.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

📋 Description

• Develop and support web services using Python, Java, Drools Rule Language, and PostgreSQL • Build new platform capabilities that scale with the business and multiple partners • Collaborate with Enrollment Product Managers, Underwriters, external partners, and cross-functional teams to plan and execute the product roadmap • Integrate services using gRPC, REST, and async messaging patterns • Share responsibility for operating workloads on Kubernetes in Google Cloud Platform • Ensure services are observable, monitored, and maintain high quality through automated tests • Participate in design, deployment, and troubleshooting of distributed systems and microservices

🎯 Requirements

• 3-7 years of professional software development experience (backend) • Professional experience with Python or Java 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 • Effective written communication and teleconference skills for remote work • Write maintainable software, including automated tests • Ensure features are observable and monitored for failure • Ability to work closely with product managers, designers, underwriters, and external partners • Must reside in or be eligible to work as a US remote employee in the contiguous 48 states (posting targets US remote employees)

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity based on role • Policies and managers that support work/life balance, including flexible paid time off and parental leave programs • 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance • Lifestyle stipend to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing • Flexible work-from-home policy and open to remote • Remote and WFH options, plus optional state-of-the-art office in Dallas’ Deep Ellum • Employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives • Meaningful benefits and substantial growth opportunities