Staff Fullstack Software Engineer

Staff Fullstack Software Engineer 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 https://www.bestow.com/e-verify. ABOUT THE TEAM Labs is a team within Bestow incubating experimental products at the frontier of insurance technology and AI. We are full-stack with the autonomy to explore greenfield opportunities—and successful products are integrated into Bestow's core platform. Our focus is on meeting the needs of our enterprise customers and growing user base to transform how millions of people access life insurance. We move fast, embrace ambiguity, and use AI as a force multiplier. Our role is to validate ideas quickly, demonstrate what's possible, and inform production roadmaps with working prototypes. ABOUT THE ROLE We're looking for a Staff Software Engineer who thrives in rapid-prototyping environments and leverages AI to build faster and smarter. You'll work at the intersection of product innovation, domain expertise, and cutting-edge technology—turning ambiguous ideas into working demos that can either be hardened for production or inform the next generation of our platform. This isn't about writing perfect code. It's about shipping working solutions quickly, iterating based on feedback, and knowing when to refactor vs. when to ship. You'll work alongside product managers, solution architects, actuaries, and domain experts to validate hypotheses and push the boundaries of what's possible in insurance technology. If you're an engineer with enterprise SaaS experience who has shifted into AI-first development and wants to work on high-impact, fast-moving projects with real-world applications, this role is for you. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Rapidly prototype and iterate on AI-driven insurance products and experimental features - Own end-to-end delivery of prototypes and MVPs in a scrappy, fast-paced labs environment - Turn ambiguous product ideas into working demos by collaborating with product, solution architects, and domain experts - Leverage AI tools (LLMs, copilots, code generators) to accelerate development and explore novel approaches - Build full-stack applications with usable UIs, robust APIs, and integrations with third-party services - Make pragmatic tradeoff decisions between speed and maintainability, knowing when prototypes need hardening - Provision and manage cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) to support rapid experimentation - Communicate clearly about technical risks, feasibility, and what's realistically achievable in short timeframes - Collaborate across functions with limited hand-holding, bringing ideas to life with minimal direction - Help define what "production-ready" looks like when prototypes transition to the core platform WHO YOU ARE Core Attributes - You're an engineer with enterprise SaaS experience who has shifted into AI-first development - You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable context-switching between multiple projects - You're highly self-sufficient and can ... (truncated, view full listing at source)