Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (contiguous 48 only)/Hybrid
• Job Type: Full-Time
• Salary: $145K - $160K

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.

About Bestow

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.

About the Team

The engineering team is responsible for all technology for Bestow and the Bestow Platform. We serve employees, consumers, and enterprise customers. In addition to building software, we integrate and manage many third-party products used by employees and as part of the platform. Our major functional teams are product engineering, infrastructure, IT, data and analytics, MarTech, and program management. Engineering works closely with product management and design to define and prioritize the product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Develop core services primarily using Golang and PostgreSQL.
• Help and accelerate foundational services to scale the output of our product teams.
• Resolve issues with previously delivered features.
• Write unit and integration tests for code you create.
• Peer review code developed by others on your team.
• Ensure software is secure, maintainable.
• Work with designers, product managers, and other engineers.
• Encourage automation and continuous improvement.

Requirements

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

Total Rewards

• Competitive salary and equity based on role
• Policies and managers that support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave programs
• 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Lifestyle stipend to support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
• Flexible work-from-home policy and open to remote
• Remote and WFH options, as well as a beautiful, state-of-the-art office in Dallas’ Deep Ellum, for those who wish to work in person.

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