Who We Are

First thing you need to know; Bestow is not your typical insurance company. We’ve completely reimagined industry assumptions, and harnessed technology and big data to create life insurance products that aren’t just delightful to use but deliver on our mission: to make financial products accessible to more people than ever before.

Check us out at hellobestow.com

Who We’re Looking For

“Innovative” and “disruptive” can be overused words. But at Bestow, it isn’t jargon, it’s an everyday rally cry. We are rewriting the rules of the 400-year-old, $7 trillion life insurance industry, serving communities who have been underserved in the past, and we believe the future is a bright one.

So, if you’re excited by the idea of building something from scratch, working at a mission-driven company and fundamentally shaking up an age-old industry, please read on.

As a Staff Back End Software Engineer you will lead development on new features for our platform. You take great pride in your craft and look for ways to improve our software and team effectiveness. You have prior experience designing and implementing distributed systems. You balance concerns of maintainability, reliability and scalability with the need to deliver results. Less experienced engineers look to you for guidance and feedback on their work, and you’re thrilled to provide it.

Bestow software engineers are great teammates. You are willing to collaborate with other software engineers, product managers and designers. You also have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Do you want to build products to reinvent a centuries old industry? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Challenges on which you can expect to work:

Building Product Features

We're a startup with a long product roadmap. You'll be working with a team to make that roadmap a reality. You will:

Write technical design documents to communicate the intent of system changes;

Develop new product features using Python 3 and PostgreSQL;

Use code analysis and verification tools including autoformatting type hints and testing to detect and resolve defects early in the development process;

Peer review code developed by others on your team;

Ensure software is secure, maintainable and extensible;

Collaborate with designers, product managers, other engineers, and domain experts with deep knowledge of the insurance industry.

Ensuring a Robust Software Platform

Great software is more than product features. It simultaneously considers non-functional concerns like security, maintainability and extensibility. You will:

Take ownership over issues arising from previously delivered features;

Ensure the security of our applications through participation in external penetration tests, threat modeling and security-focused code review;

Use modern extensibility methods such as feature toggles;

Automate routine developer workflows such as environment setup;

Fostering Best Practices

We might be small but we've got big ambitions. Folks joining the team will be defining our software engineering culture. You are someone that strives to build a premier engineering organization.

Measure quality metrics such as test coverage and gradually improve them;

Leave code in a better place than it was when you started;

Encourage automation and continuous improvement.

A Little About You:

• 6+ years of back end software development experience
• Professional experience with Python 3; Experience with Flask a plus
• Professional experience with a relational database like PostgreSQL
• Experience with statically typed languages (C#, Java, Golang, Rust, etc.)
• Experience using Docker/Kubernetes for software development and deployment
• Experience designing and documenting APIs (Protocol Buffers, RAML, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.)
• Experience with distributed systems and microservices
• Advocated for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication
• A desire and willingness to learnInitiative and motivation to make things happen

What We Can Offer To You:

• Competitive salary
• Generous PTO
• Flexible schedule and work/life balance
• 100% company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
• Choose your own computer setup (Mac or PC)
• Office snacks and weekly team lunches
• Team building events and activities

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

Bestow does not currently sponsor applicants for work visas.