About the Team - Pre-Sales ToolsPre-Sales Tools powers tools and experiences letting insurance agents and distribution partners quote, configure, submit applications before checkout. It's Bestow's B2B front door - if agents struggle here, they send leads elsewhere. Team has 8 engineers.
What You'll Do- Build and scale Go services powering agent quoting, configuration, application-submission tools used before checkout
- Partner closely w/ App & Checkout teams given tight coupling between surfaces
- Contribute to architectural discussions, bringing ideas and questions even as team's acting-EM situation leaves some direction-setting open
- Resolve partner-specific edge cases as distribution partners and volume scale
- Write unit and integration tests for code you ship; peer review code from others on team
- Use AI coding tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) as default part of daily workflow - expectation, not bonus skill
- Support knowledge transfer to team with high contractor ratio (Howdy), pairing and documenting as you go
- Follow and help improve automation, CI/CD practices across team
Who You Are- 3+ years 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 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 contributing to architectural discussions and picking up mentorship moments as they come, even without a formal title
Competencies- Go Backend Craftsmanship: Writes idiomatic, maintainable Go services; understands concurrency, error handling, package structure well enough to keep code healthy as it scales
- System Design & Architecture: Designs components that hold up under growth, stay maintainable, fit Bestow's existing platform rather than fighting it
- API Design: Designs clear, versioned APIs (REST/gRPC/OpenAPI) that internal teams and, where relevant, distribution partners can consume without guesswork
- Testing & Quality Discipline: Writes unit and integration tests as default habit, not afterthought; catches edge cases before they reach production
- AI-Augmented Engineering: Uses AI tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc.) as default part of daily engineering work - for code, tests, debugging, or design - while applying independent technical judgment to output
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Works effectively across tightly coupled teams and partners, especially App & Checkout
- Ownership & Bias for Action: Drives own issues to resolution, flags blockers early, helpful given team's current acting-EM gap
- Debugging & Production Support: Diagnoses and resolves issues in previously delivered features methodically, under real production constraints
- Communication Clarity: Explains technical tradeoffs in language that fits audience - engineers, PMs, non-technical partners
- Growth & Collaboration:
TOTAL REWARDSAt 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
