Senior ClaimsCenter Software Engineer

Markel; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in London is seeking a Development Team Lead to enhance its Guidewire platform. The role involves coaching the team, designing robust architecture, and integrating with other systems. Candidates should have proven leadership experience and expertise in Guidewire development, coding in C#, Java, and Python, as well as strong SQL skills. Competitive salary and benefits are offered, along with opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Strong benefits package

25 days paid holiday

Pension scheme

Private medical and dental cover

Qualifications

• Proven team lead experience as a key member of a passionate development team.
• Experience coding RESTful APIs.
• Expertise in end-to-end design and development of business database applications.

Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor the development team for efficient delivery.
• Design robust architecture and oversee software development.
• Customizing ClaimCentre and developing integrations with other systems.

Skills

Team leadership

Guidewire development (ClaimCenter preferred)

RESTful API coding

C#

Java

Python

SQL and MS SQL Server proficiency

Database application development

Design thinking

Customer-centric development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Guidewire ACE certification

Job description

Overview

Looking for a role that will have a meaningful impact on IT? We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic individual to join our Guidewire ClaimCenter development team.

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realize our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity

Joining a department that is friendly and fast paced, you will be responsible for maintaining and developing the Guidewire platform.

You will use agile and lean methods and be a creative problem-solver as part of a cross-functional team, caring deeply about writing good code and constantly strive to enhance the user experience, possessing a strong desire to keep up to date with the latest development techniques.

You will steer the development, maintenance, and enhancement of business applications by providing advanced technical insight and business acumen to the team.

What you’ll be doing

• Coach and mentor the development team, ensuring the complete, efficient delivery of solutions
• Design robust architecture and oversee the development and unit testing of application software across multiple technologies
• Establish and advocate for best practices and design patterns, ensuring high quality of software products and reducing maintenance needs
• Customizing Claim Centre: Writing code to add features that aren’t available through configuration
• Integrating with other systems: Developing integrations between Claims Centre and other systems, such as PAS, document management systems, and third-party data providers
• Optimizing performance: Ensuring Guidewire applications run efficiently at scale
• Troubleshooting: Diagnosing and fixing technical issues
• Monitoring the Claims Centre platform, including but not limited to:
  • Identifying requirements for specific alerts
  • Creating alerts for events and thresholds
  • Accessing Datadog logs and dashboards for error analysis
  • Monitoring DXC downtime and communicating to users
• You will play a pivotal role in updating the platform, including but not limited to:
  • Performing a 3-way merge of the updated code
  • Validating the updated version
  • Adopting new features added in the update

Our must-haves

• Proven team lead experience as a key member of a passionate development team
• Experience of Guidewire development (ClaimCenter preferred)
• Experience of coding RESTful APIs
• Coding in multiple programming languages such as C#, Java, Python, etc
• Experience with relational databases and SQL – MS SQL Server & Transact SQL proficiency preferred
• Expertise in the end-to-end design and development of business database application
• In-depth understanding of design thinking and customer-centric development
• An understanding of insurance systems, claims and underwriting, experience working in a Speciality Commercial Insurance business is advantageous
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, other related field or equivalent experience
• Guidewire ACE certified Skills

Who we are

Markel Group (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory, and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you?

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…
• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy/sell extra leave
• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose “Apply Now” to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [e-mail] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.

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