Guidewire Tech Lead: Enterprise Strategy & Delivery

Michael Page (Canada); Markham; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Michael Page International (Canada) is seeking a senior Guidewire leader in Markham to drive the technical strategy across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter. You will guide scalable configurations, lead integrations, and oversee complex deployments.

You will perform hands-on development in GOSU, PCF, and related frameworks while mentoring developers, enforcing coding standards, and coordinating release cycles.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of overall software development experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on Guidewire PC/BC/CC experience.
• Solid understanding of P&C insurance domain.
• Strong hands-on experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite, GOSU, PCF, rules, product model, configuration, APD, integrations and Guidewire integration framework.
• Solid understanding of Guidewire data model, batch processes and performance tuning.
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud Data Access is a plus.
• Experience with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and release management practices.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting and production-support skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Guidewire strategy across the GW suite and drive scalable configuration, customization, and integration approaches.
• Perform hands-on development in GOSU, PCF, product model, rules, plugins, messaging, and integration frameworks.
• Review and approve technical designs to ensure alignment with architecture standards and performance expectations.
• Enforce coding standards and drive engineering discipline across the team.
• Serve as the final technical escalation point for complex Guidewire issues and production incidents.
• Lead release development cycles and coordinate developer activities for timely deliveries.
• Provide mentorship to developers on solution design, debugging approaches and best-practice implementations.
• Validate requirements with BAs and stakeholders and deliver accurate estimations and plans.
• Identify risks and dependencies early for predictable delivery and mitigation.
• Plan and manage hotfixes and Guidewire upgrade cycles.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Production-support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Guidewire Insurance Suite

GOSU

PCF

APD

Web services

Messaging

Plugins

Guidewire integration framework

CI/CD

Job description

Michael Page International (Canada) is seeking a senior Guidewire leader in Markham to drive the technical strategy across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter. You will guide scalable configurations, lead integrations, and oversee complex deployments.

You will perform hands-on development in GOSU, PCF, and related frameworks while mentoring developers, enforcing coding standards, and coordinating release cycles.