IT Senior Software Engineer (Guidewire/Java)

About the role

This leading IT Software Engineer/IT Senior Software Engineer within the Claims Management Program will focus on delivering first time through projects or transformational new cloud capabilities to drive key business value. Will serve as the overarching technical lead for 3 Agile Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Generates, reviews and debugs code/configurations that contribute to a larger product.
• Creates designs, unit tests, and code/configuration of that is reviewed and approved by a more senior engineer.
• Executes tasks in the software development life cycle.
• Develops tools and applications by producing clean, efficient code.
• Automates tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.
• Performs validation and verification testing (unit and integration testing).
• Communicates and collaborates openly and effectively across teams and vendors within their area of focus (practice area).
• May perform as a technical lead on low complexity/isolated applications enhancements or a small, legacy production support team.
• May coach and mentor programmers, apprentices, and interns.

Requirements

• 5+ years of advanced Java Programming experience and relational databases.
• Ability to lead projects independently as Technical Project Lead and proactively engage & drive collaboration with peer Erie ClaimCenter (ECC) Developers within the team.
• Engineering Best Practice expertise.
• Ability to mentor and coach others ECC Engineers.
• Understanding of relational database persistence.
• Able to work in a multi-tiered web-based applications environment.
• Experience with Guidewire ClaimCenter Integration/Configuration.
• Knowledge and experience of Guidewire ClaimCenter.
• 3+ years of Gosu programming language experience.
• Experience in designing REST and SOAP APIs.
• Preferred Guidewire certified - Configuration/Integration specialist or ACE Certified.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• Experience working on Guidewire's Cloud Platform.
• Have ACE Guidewire certification in either Configuration or Integration.
• Experience leading other software engineers.

Qualifications

• Minimum Educational and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in IT, MIS, or related field and three years' related experience; or Associate's degree in technical field, plus five years' related experience; or High school diploma plus seven years' related experience.
• Additional Experience: Possesses moderate acumen with continued growth in experience, breadth, and depth in one or more of the following practice areas: front-end, full-stack, back-end, mainframe, integration, document management, or data science, required.