Engineering Manager (Application & Check Out)

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 participates in the E-Verify Program.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The App & Checkout team owns the consumer-facing application and purchase experience for Bestow's life insurance products. We work across the full stack to deliver the end-to-end journey from application start to policy issuance, partnering closely with product and design to ship features that directly drive revenue. The team operates in a fast-moving, high-stakes domain where quality and velocity both matter.

Within Bestow Engineering, our major functional teams are product engineering, infrastructure, IT, data and analytics, martech, and program management. Frontend Platform works closely with upstream engineering teams, experience design, and product management to define and prioritize the product roadmap.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join our team.

This role will report to our Director of Engineering and is open to Remote (US).

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WHAT YOU’LL DO

• 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.

WHO YOU ARE

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required

• 5+ years experience developing software, with at least 1 year of prior management experience.

• Proficient across the full stack — frontend (React, Remix/Next.js), backend services (GoLang and/or Python), APIs, and databases

• Deep understanding of the entire software development lifecycle, including feature inception, GenAI developer tooling, continuous delivery, and release strategies.

• Ability to track key metrics and consistently meet established Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

• Ability to understand complex technical problems and identify areas of risk.

• Ability to ‘go deep’ technically when necessary. You should be able to contribute changes to the team’s codebases at any time.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented.

• Proven track record of building and retaining high-performing teams)

• Strategic Orchestration of AI-Augmented Engineering: Drives the adoption of AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) across frontend and backend domains to accelerate the delivery of modular, full-stack features. Establishes cross-stack standards for AI-generated code—from API design to UI components—ensuring that automated testing and documentation workflows reduce technical debt. Mentors engineers on leveraging GenAI to bridge domain gaps, enabling more fluid collaboration between frontend and backend contributors while maintaining high architectural integrity.

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!