Senior Engineering Manager – Fullstack

Bestow

Senior Engineering Manager at Bestow enhancing customer-facing platform features for life insurance technology. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive engineering excellence and framework improvements.

Posted 4/30/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $187,000 - $234,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaScriptNext.jsNode.jsPythonReact

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work directly with other engineering teams, product, design, TPM, and external stakeholders to introduce new customer-facing platform features and support/evolve existing products.
Work with a distributed team of engineers–mentoring and driving engineering best practices.
Assist in setting the roadmap for team deliverables in a dynamic environment.
Drive delivery of high-quality product initiatives and engineering improvements.
Work with the team to identify, scope, and schedule improvements to the frontend platform.
Communicate effectively, excelling at explaining complex systems and requirements to non-technical cross-functional partners.
Be very technical and willing to participate in system design, code reviews, incident investigations, and directly contribute code towards team initiatives.
Be data-driven in their engineering management practices, fostering continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years experience developing software, with at least 3 years of engineering management experience, including managing teams of 8+ engineers.
Proficient across the full stack — frontend (React, Remix/Next.js), backend services (Node, GoLang, and/or Python), APIs, and relational databases.
Deep understanding of the entire software development lifecycle, including feature inception, GenAI developer tooling, continuous delivery, and release strategies.
Ability to define and track key metrics, drive accountability across teams, and consistently meet established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Ability to understand complex, cross-team technical problems, identify systemic areas of risk, and drive resolution at an organizational level.
Ability to 'go deep' technically when necessary. You should be able to contribute changes to the team's codebases and credibly engage in architectural decisions at any time.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities across multiple teams or work-streams.
Proven track record of building, scaling, and retaining high-performing teams, including developing and promoting senior engineers and early-career managers.
Strategic Orchestration of AI-Augmented Engineering: Drives org-wide adoption of AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) across frontend and backend domains to accelerate delivery of modular, full-stack features. Establishes and champions cross-stack standards for AI-generated code from API design to UI components ensuring automated testing and documentation workflows reduce technical debt at scale. Coaches both engineers and managers on leveraging GenAI to bridge domain gaps, enabling more fluid collaboration across teams while maintaining high architectural integrity.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

software developmentengineering managementfrontend developmentReactRemixNext.jsbackend servicesNodeGoLangPython

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationorganizational skillsdetail-orientedstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingteam buildingaccountabilitycross-functional collaborationcontinuous improvement