Senior Staff Software Engineer - Hybrid

About the role

We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future. The Hartford is hiring a full-time Senior Staff Software Engineer to design, build, and modernize Claims IT solutions with strong Guidewire, Java, and AWS depth. This role blends core platform engineering with select Forward Deployed Engineer responsibilities to accelerate delivery with business teams and drive measurable production outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance Guidewire ClaimCenter workflows, rules, and integrations for claims operations.
• Build resilient Java APIs and backend services for high-volume claims transaction processing.
• Architect and implement cloud-native AWS services with focus on reliability, security, performance, and cost.
• Own end-to-end engineering delivery: design, build, test automation, release, and production support.
• Implement CI/CD, code quality gates, observability, and engineering standards across services.
• Collaborate with product owners, claims SMEs, architects, and operations to convert business goals into technical solutions.
• Lead incident troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and permanent corrective actions.
• Mentor engineers through architecture reviews, coding standards, and delivery best practices.
• Partner directly with business and operations stakeholders to understand field workflows and convert them into deployable capabilities.
• Run discovery