Guidewire Technical Lead

Solution Design & Architecture

Lead solution design for complex Guidewire initiatives and ensure alignment with business objectives and enterprise architecture.
Perform impact assessments across applications, integrations, data, and business processes.
Drive architecture decisions, evaluate alternatives, and identify technical risks and mitigation strategies.
Define and refine features, user stories, and acceptance criteria with Product and Business stakeholders.

Development & Delivery

Design, develop, and maintain Guidewire configurations, business rules, workflows, integrations, and custom extensions.
Lead technical delivery of large-scale initiatives across multiple teams and workstreams.
Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards, quality practices, and security requirements.
Deliver scalable, maintainable, and high-performing solutions that meet functional and non-functional requirements.

Quality & Operational Excellence

Drive quality through TDD/BDD practices, code reviews, and engineering standards.
Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues.
Ensure reliability, performance, observability, resilience, and operational readiness of applications.
Support deployments, releases, and production stability initiatives.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

Serve as the technical lead and subject matter expert for assigned domains and initiatives.
Mentor engineers and provide guidance on design, implementation, troubleshooting, and best practices.
Partner with Product Owners, Architects, Business Analysts, and Delivery teams to drive successful outcomes.
Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, dependencies, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.

Continuous Improvement

Drive automation, DevOps practices, reusable frameworks, and engineering efficiencies.
Promote innovation, knowledge sharing, and continuous learning across teams.
Contribute to organizational standards, Guidewire best practices, and technical capability development.

Leadership Expectations

A Successful Candidate
Owes end-to-end technical outcomes from design through support.
Demonstrates system-level thinking across Guidewire, integrations, data, and business processes.
Drives architecture, design, and engineering decisions.
Influences technical direction across teams and programs.
Serves as a recognized SME in Guidewire and Property & Casualty Insurance.
Proactively identifies and mitigates technical, operational, and delivery risks.
Develops engineering talent through mentoring, coaching, and technical leadership.
Balances speed of delivery with long-term maintainability, scalability, and operational stability.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum 1 year as a Agile Dev Team Member IV or 9 + years in a relate field.
• Experience 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of Guidewire InsuranceSuite experience.
• Strong experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Experience leading complex delivery initiatives and cross-functional teams.
• Experience within Property & Casualty Insurance domain.

Technical Skills

• Guidewire PolicyCenter Configuration.
• Gosu Development.
• Guidewire Integration Framework.
• REST/SOAP Services.
• Java/J2EE.
• Spring Framework.
• SQL / Oracle Database.
• Event-driven and batch processing patterns.
• Ci/CD and DevOps practices.
• Performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Cloud-based architecture experience preferred.

Education Requirements & Preferred Certifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, preferred.
• SAFe Practitioner or SAFe Agilist Certification and SAFe DevOps Certification 180 Days.
• Preferred Certifications:
• Guidewire Certified Specialist – PolicyCenter Configuration.
• Guidewire Certified Specialist – InsuranceSuite Integration.
• Guidewire Cloud Certifications preferred.