Senior Backend Engineer (Go)

Bestow, Inc

$120K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

  • Develop core services primarily using Golang and PostgreSQL
  • Accelerate foundational services to scale product output
  • Resolve issues with previously delivered features
  • Write unit and integration tests for your code
  • Peer review code developed by team members
  • Ensure software security and maintainability
  • Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers
  • Encourage automation and continuous improvement

Benefits

  • 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off and parental leave programs
  • Lifestyle stipend to support overall wellbeing
  • Remote work flexibility and hybrid options
  • Employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Full Job Description
About the Team - Pre-Sales Tools

Pre-Sales Tools team powers the tools and experiences that let insurance agents and distribution partners quote, configure, and submit applications before checkout. It's Bestow's B2B front door - if agents struggle here, they send leads elsewhere. This team is directly upstream of revenue. Every tool improvement means faster, more accurate agent submissions and more policies issued. Leadership sees this team's output in sales metrics weekly.

What You'll Do
  • Build and scale Go services powering agent quoting, configuration, and application-submission tools used before checkout.
  • Partner closely with the App & Checkout teams given the tight coupling between surfaces.
  • Take on architectural-leadership work that the team's acting-EM situation has left open - proposing direction, not just executing it.
  • Resolve partner-specific edge cases as distribution partners and volume scale.
  • Write unit and integration tests for the code you ship; peer review code from others on the team.
  • Use AI coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) as a default part of your daily workflow - this is an expectation, not a bonus skill.
  • Encourage automation, CI/CD, and continuous improvement across the team.

Who You Are
  • 5+ years of professional backend software development experience.
  • Professional experience with Go; comfortable owning services end to end.
  • Experience with distributed systems or microservices, and designing APIs (REST, gRPC, OpenAPI, Protocol Buffers).
  • Experience using Docker for local development, and CI/CD as a default practice.
  • Demonstrated, day-to-day fluency using AI tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc.) in real engineering work - able to speak concretely about where they help and where they don't.
  • Comfortable stepping into architectural or mentorship gaps without needing a formal title to do so.
TOTAL REWARDS

At Bestow, we're proud to be awarded for our team members, innovative products, and culture. Our standard benefits include:
  • 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

Recent Employer Awards include:
  • Best Place for Working Parents 2023 + 2024 + 2025
  • Great Place to Work Certified, 2022 + 2023 + 2024 + 2025
  • Built In Best Places to Work, 2022 + 2023 + 2025
  • Fortune's Best Workplaces in Texas 2022 + 2023
  • Fortune's Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance 2022 + 2023 + 2024

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