Staff Backend Engineer
BestowLife Insurance company
RemoteLead
TriplePoint Capital
New Enterprise Associates
Valar Ventures
Goldman Sachs Growth Equity
Smith Point Capital
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Set technical direction for IPC team, drive architectural decisions, and ensure reliability and scalability.
- •As a Staff Backend Engineer, you'll set technical direction for the IPC team, drive architectural decisions, and ensure the reliability and scalability of IPC's systems.
- •Key Responsibilities Own the technical architecture for IPC services Design, build, and operate backend services using Python + PostgreSQL, Go, and Java Lead cross-team technical initiatives Mentor engineers on the team Ensure production reliability Requirements 8+ years of professional backend software development experience Strong proficiency in Go and Python; Java experience is a plus Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices, and API design Comfortable with PostgreSQL or other relational databases at scale Hands-on with cloud infrastructure
- •Kubernetes, Docker, GCP (or equivalent)
Required skills
PythonGoJavaPostgreSQLKubernetesGoogle CloudgRPC
Nice-to-have skills
Microservices
Domain expertise
insurtech
Benefits & perks
flexible remote/hybrid work, meaningful benefits, equity, substantial growth opportunities
Tech stack
PythonGoJavaPostgreSQLKubernetesGoogle CloudgRPC