Engineering Director
Core
Strategic engineering leader owning the technical vision and delivery for the Insurance Product Configuration & Enrollment Platform Core, ensuring scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems for life insurance carriers.
Role type
Senior IC Engineering Director (Platform Core)
Builds
Configuration-driven, event-sourced microservices architecture for life insurance product configuration and enrollment workflows.
Domain
Fintech / Insurtech / Life Insurance
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Microservices architecture, PostgreSQL, Golang, Python, API design (gRPC, REST), Asynchronous messaging, Event sourcing, Cloud platforms (GCP, Kubernetes), Technical strategy, Team leadership, Incident management, Automated testing strategies.
Preferred skills
Life insurance or annuities domain experience, Enterprise carrier partner implementation experience, Agentic engineering transformation experience.
Responsibilities
Define and drive technical vision for configuration and enrollment platforms; Lead cross-team initiatives and resolve ownership ambiguities; Own delivery commitments and incident posture for carrier partners; Mentor Engineering Managers and engineers; Represent Bestow in technical due diligence and vendor negotiations.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management of managers
