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Full-Time

Data Engineer II

Posted on 9/10/2024

Bestow

Bestow

201-500 employees

Digital platform for life insurance solutions

Data & Analytics
Fintech

Compensation Overview

$100k - $125kAnnually

Mid

Remote in USA

Category
Data Engineering
Data & Analytics
Required Skills
Microsoft Azure
Python
Git
SQL
Docker
AWS
Terraform
CircleCI
Snowflake
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • 4+ years working in a data engineering role that supports incoming/outgoing feeds as well as analytics and data science teams
  • 2+ years of Python or similar experience writing efficient, testable, and readable code
  • Deep SQL experience with columnar databases such as Google BigQuery, Snowflake, or Amazon Redshift
  • Comfortable designing an end-to-end data pipeline in cloud frameworks (such as GCP, AWS, Azure) with requirements from multiple stakeholders
  • Experience building CICD pipelines for data processing using tools such as Docker, CircleCI, dbt, git, etc
  • Able to manage infrastructure using IAC tools such as Terraform or Pulumi
  • Experience with common data orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow (or similar) to manage SLOs and processing dependencies
  • Experience in building streaming / real-time ingestion pipelines
  • Experience with creating alerts and monitoring pipelines which contribute to overall data governance.
  • Experience with containerization and container orchestration technologies with cloud architecture and implementation features (single- and multi-tenancy, orchestration, elastic scalability)
  • Familiarity with standard IT security practices such as identity and access management (IAM), data protection, encryption, certificate, and key management.
  • Adaptability to learn new technologies and products as the job demands.
  • ***Nice to have:***experience with data contracts, data lakes, and API development.
Responsibilities
  • Build robust solutions for transferring data from first and third-party applications to and from our data warehouse
  • Passionate about data quality and availability, driving to resolution through high collaboration with team members.
  • Making decisions as a team. The things you build will be maintained and improved upon by others; there is a shared responsibility to make defensible design considerations.
  • Develop hardened and repeatable (CI/CD) data models and pipelines to enable reporting, modeling, and machine learning.
  • Improve data availability to our enterprise clients through a mix of traditional push delivery, cloud, and event-driven (eg: API, grpc) data sharing methods.
  • Ensure data quality through automated monitoring and alerting, and occasionally serving within an on-call rotation.
  • Leverage Google Cloud (GCP) tools (eg: Cloud Run, Cloud Function, Vertex AI, App Engine, Cloud Storage, IAM, etc.) and services (eg: Astronomer - Apache Airflow) to bring data workloads to production.
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, stakeholders and data teams to deliver informed solutions to platform and client needs.
Bestow

Bestow

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Bestow provides a digital platform for purchasing life insurance, focusing on making the process quick and easy for individuals. The platform uses advanced underwriting technology to streamline the application process, allowing most applicants to receive an instant decision. Bestow's software solutions manage the entire insurance lifecycle, which helps reduce costs and enables the company to quickly introduce new products. Additionally, Bestow employs a sophisticated modeling engine to enhance customer data for better audience segmentation and marketing optimization. This data-driven approach allows for more efficient cross-selling and product routing. With coverage starting at $11 per month, Bestow has garnered positive customer feedback, achieving an 'excellent' rating and an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, reflecting high customer satisfaction. The company's goal is to provide accessible and affordable life insurance while ensuring a seamless experience for its users.

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$133.8M

Headquarters

Dallas, Texas

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

↓ -15%

1 year growth

↓ -16%

2 year growth

↓ -16%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Increased demand for digital insurance platforms boosts Bestow's market potential.
  • AI-driven underwriting processes streamline applications, reducing costs and improving customer experience.
  • Partnerships with financial institutions expand distribution channels and customer reach.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from traditional insurers adopting digital platforms may erode market share.
  • Departure of key compliance officer could challenge regulatory compliance and risk management.
  • Pending Sammons acquisition may lead to strategic shifts affecting operations and positioning.

What makes Bestow unique

  • Bestow offers a digital platform simplifying life insurance purchase processes.
  • The company uses advanced underwriting technology for quick insurance application decisions.
  • Bestow's data-driven approach enhances audience segmentation and targeted marketing.

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Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity

Annual bonus based on company and individual performance

Flexible PTO plan

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

Paid parental leave

Annual lifestyle spending account

Flexible work-from-home policy

Learning & development opportunities

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