Senior Platform Engineer

About the Company

Bestow exists to modernize the life insurance industry by building the infrastructure that helps carriers launch products in weeks instead of years. As a leading vertical technology platform, Bestow unifies the fragmented, legacy value chain, enabling insurers to scale and operate at unprecedented speed using AI and automation. Backed by leading investors (Goldman Sachs, Hedosophia, NEA, Valar, 8VC) and trusted by major carriers, Bestow is powered by a team that moves with precision, purpose, and heart.

About the Team

The engineering team is responsible for all technology powering Bestow and the Bestow Platform. We support employees, consumers, and enterprise partners by delivering reliable, secure, and scalable systems. Our functional teams include product engineering, infrastructure, IT, data and analytics, mar-tech, and program management. This role reports to the Manager of Engineering and is open to remote employees in the U.S. (48 contiguous states only).

Responsibilities

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll own the implementation of technical projects that improve our platform’s scalability, reliability, and developer experience. You’ll independently execute scoped initiatives, automate infrastructure, and build internal tools that help product teams move faster and safer.

• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure:
  • Implement and evolve infrastructure-as-code using tools like Terraform or Pulumi.
  • Automate and monitor our Kubernetes-based platform and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Contribute to infrastructure tooling that improves repeatability, safety, and visibility.
• Support developer productivity:
  • Build CLI tools, shared libraries, and scripts to accelerate development workflows.
  • Participate in resolving developer friction by improving build/test/deploy loops.
  • Help define standards for service configuration, secrets management, and app-level observability.
• Contribute to platform resilience:
  • Implement dashboards, alerts, and runbooks for services owned by platform engineering.
  • Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and follow-up improvements.
  • Propose and prototype changes to improve availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience working with cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Pulumi and understanding of CI/CD workflows.
• Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Bash, TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience utilizing AI agents (e.g., Claude Code) for engineering tasks, demonstrating ability to direct agents through clear context, explicit constraints, and deliberate planning.
• Experience with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Understanding of version control workflows and regular participation in code reviews.
• Strong communication skills, ownership mindset, and ability to collaborate effectively.
• Eagerness to grow and take on more architectural and operational responsibilities.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity based on role.
• Flexible paid time off and parental leave programs.
• 100% paid-premium option for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Lifestyle stipend to support physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing.
• Flexible work-from-home policy; open to remote work.
• 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 (2022–2025), Built In Best Places to Work (2022, 2023, 2025), Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Texas (2022, 2023), and Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance (2022–2024).