# Senior Platform Engineer at Bestow

- Company: Bestow
- What the company does: Bestow is the leading end-to-end life insurance SaaS company partnering with top carriers to modernize and transform the way they do business. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://www.bestow.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote, US
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $145K to $171K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bestow/01b0f394-fc75-48b7-a238-77b1add08e97
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/bestow-senior-platform-engineer/

## About the role

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll own the implementation of technical projects that improve our platform’s scalability, reliability, and developer experience. You’ll independently execute scoped initiatives, automate infrastructure, and build internal tools that help product teams move faster and safer.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of professional experience working with cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP, AWS, or Azure)
- You’re familiar with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Pulumi and understand CI/CD workflows
- You write clean, maintainable code and have experience in at least one scripting or programming language (e.g., Go, Python, Bash, TypeScript)
- You have hands-on experience utilizing AI agents (e.g., Claude Code) for engineering tasks, demonstrating an ability to effectively direct agents through clear context, explicit constraints, and deliberate planning
- You’ve worked with containerization (e.g., Docker) and orchestration tools like Kubernetes
- You understand version control workflows and regularly participate in code reviews

Tags: Engineering