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.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• Experience building financial calculation engines or working with complex mathematical computations
• Understanding of insurance industry concepts, particularly life insurance products and their mechanics
• Experience with actuarial calculations, present value computations, or financial modeling
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements in financial services
• Experience working with distributed systems that handle sensitive financial data
• Experience with relational databases and complex data modeling
• Experience designing APIs for financial systems
• Experience building, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting mission-critical financial software

PREFERRED ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• Knowledge of cash-value insurance products (IUL, VUL, whole life, annuities)
• Understanding of investment account management and market indexing
• Experience with insurance policy administration systems
• Familiarity with actuarial or financial calculation libraries
• Experience with regulatory reporting and compliance frameworks
• Background in financial services, insurance, or fintech

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• You will develop systems and provide technical leadership to software teams, supporting complex insurance product calculations, policy administration, tax and regulatory compliance for cash-value insurance products.
• We’re expanding our product suite to include complex insurance products with intricate financial mechanics. You will help build new platform capabilities that can handle detailed actuarial calculations, investment tracking, and policy value computations.
• We work remotely, so effective written and verbal communication 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 and respectful feedback to peers and are receptive to feedback from them.
• You ensure features are observable and monitored for failure.
• You work well with actuaries, product managers, insurance specialists, and other engineers.