Staff Backend Engineer (Go) - Remote

Overview

Bestow is a leading insurance technology platform serving some of the world's largest and most innovative life insurers. We are on a mission to increase financial stability for everyone. Bestow is a team of mission-driven, results-oriented individuals. We offer all employees a remote (contiguous 48 only)/hybrid workplace, meaningful benefits, substantial growth opportunities, and equity.

In Short

• Develop core services primarily using Golang and PostgreSQL
• Help accelerate foundational services to scale product teams
• Resolve issues with previously delivered features
• Write unit and integration tests for code
• Peer review code developed by others
• Ensure software is secure and maintainable
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers
• Encourage automation and continuous improvement

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience (backend)
• Professional experience with Golang (Go) preferred
• Experience using Docker for local software development
• Advocate for Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
• Experience with distributed systems or microservices
• Experience designing APIs (Protocol Buffers, RAML, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.)

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity based on role
• Flexible paid time off and parental leave programs
• 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Lifestyle stipend for wellbeing
• Flexible work-from-home policy
• Remote and WFH options, as well as a state-of-the-art office in Dallas
• Employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives