ABOUT BESTOW

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.
Bestow participates in the E-Verify Program.

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

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.

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.