Building cutting-edge technology and data solutions for life insurance and annuities.
Staff Backend Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
21 days ago
Salary
$202K - $237.5K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Backend Engineer
Bestow
• Own the technical architecture for IPC services, making design decisions that balance speed of delivery with long-term maintainability • Design, build, and operate backend services using Python + PostgreSQL, Go, and a Java-based Drools rules engine • Lead cross-team technical initiatives — coordinate with other Bestow engineering teams to plan and execute integration work across the platform • Drive platform capabilities that scale with Bestow's growing partner ecosystem — new carrier onboardings, product launches, and configuration flexibility • Mentor engineers on the team through code review, design review, and pairing — raise the technical bar without bottlenecking delivery • Ensure production reliability: define SLOs, improve observability, and share on-call responsibility for IPC workloads • Use agentic AI coding tools as a core part of your workflow and help the team adopt effective AI-assisted development practices • Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and status clearly in writing — the team is remote-first and async-heavy
Job Requirements
- 8+ years of professional backend software development experience; you've operated at the Staff or Senior level before
- Strong proficiency in Go and Python; Java experience is a plus
- Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices, and API design (Protocol Buffers, OpenAPI)
- Comfortable with PostgreSQL or other relational databases at scale
- Hands-on with cloud infrastructure — Kubernetes, Docker, GCP (or equivalent)
- Proven track record building, deploying, and troubleshooting production services end-to-end
- Demonstrated experience with agentic AI coding tools integrated into your daily workflow
Benefits
- 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 prefer an office setting
- Employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
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