Guidewire PolicyCenter Digital Engineering Lead in West Midlands

Energy Jobline CVL; England; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent energy job platform is seeking a Technical Engineering Lead to direct the strategy for Guidewire PolicyCenter and Digital. The role involves mentoring teams, driving hands-on delivery, and ensuring high-quality coding standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive front-end and Guidewire experience, particularly with React. This position offers a hybrid work model with a competitive salary of £75,000 - £80,000, plus a 25% bonus and excellent benefits.

Benefits

25% annual bonus

Excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Extensive development experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter and CustomerEngage.
• Strong front-end development background including React.
• Comfortable influencing technical direction in Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Mentor engineering teams and ensure high coding standards.
• Drive hands-on delivery across multiple Scrum teams.
• Oversee solutions to ensure alignment with strategic goals.

Skills

Front-end development

Technical leadership

Influencing technical direction

Multiple Scrum teams coordination

Tools

React

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Node.js

Job description

Overview

Energy Jobline is the largest and fastest growing global Energy Job Board and Energy Hub. We have an audience reach of over 7 million energy professionals, 400,000+ monthly advertised global energy and engineering jobs, and work with the leading energy companies worldwide.

We focus on the Oil & Gas, Renewables, Engineering, Power, and Nuclear markets as well as emerging technologies in EV, Battery, and Fusion. We are committed to ensuring that we offer the most exciting career opportunities from around the world for our jobseekers.

Role

Lead technical strategy and Agile delivery for Guidewire PolicyCenter and Digital. Lead technical engineering initiatives within Guidewire Centre of Excellence and drive excellence across Digital and PolicyCenter platforms, with a strong focus on React and front-end digital services.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and influence engineering teams within a supportive, forward-thinking environment.
• Drive hands-on delivery as a floating subject matter expert across multiple Scrum teams.
• Champion high standards in coding, architecture, quality, and performance.
• Ensure solutions align with immediate delivery needs and long-term strategic goals; provide oversight and ensure consistency.
• Contribute to scalable, sustainable delivery by ensuring Guidewire components are optimized for flexibility and reuse.

Hybrid/remote and office-based options available – Candidates UK wide can be considered. Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 + 25% Annual Bonus Plus Excellent Benefits package.

Profile

As a hands-on, forward-thinking Technical Engineering Lead within the Guidewire Centre of Excellence, you\'ll drive excellence across Digital and PolicyCenter platforms. You\'ll shape best practices, mentor growing talent, and play a critical part in the evolving Guidewire ecosystem, with a strong focus on React and front-end digital services.

Responsibilities include taking a senior leadership role across digital-facing Guidewire platforms (including CustomerEngage and PolicyCenter) and ensuring alignment with delivery needs and long-term goals.

Essential skills and experience

• Extensive development experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, CustomerEngage and Jutro framework.
• Strong front-end development background including React, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Strong technical leadership in an Agile software development environment.
• Ability to influence technical direction and articulate complex ideas clearly to varied audiences.
• Comfortable working across multiple Scrum teams as a technical mentor and quality gatekeeper.
• Solid understanding of Guidewire principles and out-of-the-box functionality.

Desirable

• Guidewire ACE certification or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience with SaaS-based Guidewire deployments.
• Exposure to DevOps tools and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with Node.js.

If your profile demonstrates strong and recent experience in the above areas - please submit your application ASAP to Jackie Dean at TXP for consideration.

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