Guidewire Architect & Tech Lead - Remote Canada

Alithya; Canada; Remote; CAD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Unlimited vacation

24/7 virtual healthcare

Employee Share Purchase Plan

Job summary

Alithya in Canada (Remote) is seeking a Guidewire Architecture Advisor/Technical Lead to shape large-scale insurance platforms. You will design, evolve, and govern Guidewire-based architectures and mentor development teams to deliver robust solutions.

You will drive API and microservices integrations, support cloud migrations to Azure or AWS, and collaborate with analysts, QA, operations and partners to ensure secure, scalable applications.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in solution architecture or technical leadership.
• Hands-on Guidewire expertise with modules: PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, or BillingCenter.
• Proficiency in Java and Gosu; familiarity with Guidewire configurations and PCF pages.
• Experience with REST/SOAP integrations, SOA and microservices.
• Strong knowledge of property and casualty insurance; Agile/DevOps familiarity.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, mentoring and problem-solving skills.
• Guidewire Associate, Specialist, or ACE certifications.
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud, Azure or AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, evolve, and govern Guidewire-based solution architectures.
• Serve as a technical resource for development teams and guide architectural decisions.
• Translate business requirements and architectural guidelines into robust, secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
• Mentor developers, conduct design and code reviews, and promote best practices.
• Define integration strategies with internal and external systems using APIs, web services, and microservices.
• Collaborate with architecture advisors, business analysts, QA teams, operations, and technology partners.
• Contribute to application modernization, cloud migration, deployment, and support activities.

Skills

Solution architecture

Technical leadership

Guidewire modules

Java

Gosu

REST/SOAP

SOA / microservices

Insurance domain knowledge

Agile/DevOps

Communication & mentoring

Tools

Guidewire Platform

PCF pages

Azure

AWS

REST/SOAP

Job description

Alithya in Canada (Remote) is seeking a Guidewire Architecture Advisor/Technical Lead to shape large-scale insurance platforms. You will design, evolve, and govern Guidewire-based architectures and mentor development teams to deliver robust solutions.

You will drive API and microservices integrations, support cloud migrations to Azure or AWS, and collaborate with analysts, QA, operations and partners to ensure secure, scalable applications.