Platform Engineer II

Job description

ABOUT BESTOW Life insurance is one of the world's most important products. It's also one of the hardest to build, distribute, and modernize. Bestow exists to change that. Bestow is a leading vertical technology platform serving some of the largest and most innovative life insurers. Our platform unifies the fragmented, legacy value chain, enabling carriers to launch products in weeks instead of years. Carriers choose us to scale and operate at unprecedented speed, powered by AI and automation. Bestow isn't selling policies. We're building the infrastructure that helps an entire industry move faster, reach more people, and deliver on its promise. 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. If you want to help reimagine a centuries-old industry with lasting impact, join us. Bestow offers flexible remote/hybrid work, meaningful benefits, equity, and substantial growth opportunities. Bestow uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit E-Verify.gov http://e-verify.gov. ABOUT THE TEAM The engineering team is responsible for all technology powering Bestow and the Bestow Platform. We support our 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. We work closely with product management and design to build the right solutions and continuously improve our platform. This role reports to the Manager of Engineering and is open to remote employees in the U.S. (48 contiguous states only.) WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Platform Engineer II, you will automate cloud resources, implement developer tooling, and make changes to our products to increase their manageability. You should be able to define the technical design and implement work independently. You should have prior experience with systems administration and cloud service automation. Bestow engineers are great teammates. You will spend most of your time with the Platform Engineers working on projects laying the cloud's foundation. You will also work directly with Product Engineering teams on their specific needs and build tooling and automation. Do you want to build products to reinvent a centuries-old industry? If so, we'd love to hear from you. Cloud Infrastructure Projects We believe that all cloud infrastructure should be treated as code. - Modifications go through code review and are executed via CI tools. - Automate cloud infrastructure via tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi. - Administer our software platform, which includes Kubernetes, Pulumi Cloud, ArgoCD, CircleCI, and PostgreSQL. - Contribute to projects in languages such as TypeScript, Python, Go, or Bash. - Evaluate, design, and implement solutions for continuous integration, continuous delivery, and DevOps productivity. Ensure the Reliability of Our Software Great software is more than product features. It simultaneously considers non-functional concerns like security, maintainability, and extensibility. You are responsible for ensuring: - Collaborate with product engineers to identify observability/configurability gaps and make code-level improvements. - Creating the tooling to improve the developer experience, enabling them to deliver business value faster and more effectively. - Manage runbooks for incident response; Measure operational performance and make gradual improvements. - Participate in a primary on-call weekly rotation to maintain system reliability, respond to platform incidents, and perform blameless root-cause analysis. WHO YOU ARE - Proficiency with GCP or other cloud platforms. - Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi. - Experience utilizing AI-powered coding assistants or agents, such as Claude Code, to enhance productivity and streamline development workflows. - Familiarity with Typescript, Go, or similar - Strong scripting skills in languages such as Python, Bash, or similar. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI. - Understanding of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. - Experience with version control tools like git and GitHub. - Bonus if familiar with using observability platforms such as New Relic or Datadog. - Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. - Strong communication and collaboration abilities. 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 We value diversity at Bestow. The company will hire, recruit, and promote regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, pregnancy or maternity, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We understand the importance of creating a safe and comfortable work environment and encourage individualism and authenticity in every team member. Thanks for considering a job at Bestow!