Guidewire Technical Lead

Concept Information Technology; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the technology sector is seeking a Guidewire Tech Lead to enhance their Digital and PolicyCenter platforms. This fully remote position allows you to leverage your extensive Guidewire and front-end development skills to mentor talent and influence project direction. You’ll play a crucial role in implementing best practices while driving technical excellence across the organization.

Benefits

Annual bonus (up to 20% of salary)

Contributory pension scheme

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Family Friendly policy

Private medical insurance

Monthly gym membership contribution

Health and wellbeing plan

Employee Volunteering days

Refer a Friend scheme

Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary

Qualifications

• Extensive development experience with Guidewire frameworks.
• Strong technical leadership in Agile environments.
• Ability to mentor across multiple Scrum teams.

Responsibilities

• Drive excellence in Guidewire platforms.
• Influence technical direction and mentor junior staff.
• Work collaboratively with multiple Scrum teams.

Skills

Guidewire PolicyCenter

React

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Agile Software Development

Education

Guidewire ACE certification or equivalent experience

Tools

DevOps tools

Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Node.js

Job description

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GUIDEWIRE TECH LEAD

£75000 - £80000 per annum

Fully Remote

About the role

As a hands-on, forward-thinking Technical Engineering Lead you’ll drive excellence across our Digital and PolicyCenter platforms. With the opportunity to shape best practice and mentor growing talent, you’ll play a critical part in our evolving Guidewire ecosystem, with a strong focus on React and front-end digital services.

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 nodejs

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary £75,000 per annum
• Annual bonus (up to 20% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Private medical insurance + options to add family members
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of insurance policies.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.