Senior Backend Engineer, Python

Bestow

full-time

Posted on: 9/5/2025

Location: 🇺🇸 United States

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💰 $145,000 - $160,000 per year

Senior

CloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformGRPCJavaKubernetesMicroservicesPostgresPythonSQL

About the role

Develop and support web services using Python, Java, Drools Rule Language, and PostgreSQL
Build new platform capabilities that scale with the business and multiple partners
Collaborate with Enrollment Product Managers, Underwriters, external partners, and cross-functional teams to plan and execute the product roadmap
Integrate services using gRPC, REST, and async messaging patterns
Share responsibility for operating workloads on Kubernetes in Google Cloud Platform
Ensure services are observable, monitored, and maintain high quality through automated tests
Participate in design, deployment, and troubleshooting of distributed systems and microservices

3-7 years of professional software development experience (backend)
Professional experience with Python or Java preferred
Comfortable using Docker for local software development
Experience working with distributed systems or microservices
Experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases (comfortable writing ANSI SQL)
Experience designing APIs (Protocol Buffers, Swagger, OpenAPI, etc.)
Experience building, deploying, operating, and troubleshooting software
Cloud computing & Kubernetes (or similar container orchestration) preferred
Effective written communication and teleconference skills for remote work
Write maintainable software, including automated tests
Ensure features are observable and monitored for failure
Ability to work closely with product managers, designers, underwriters, and external partners
Must reside in or be eligible to work as a US remote employee in the contiguous 48 states (posting targets US remote employees)