Software Engineer II

Guidewire Software; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidewire Software is seeking a Software Engineer II in Dublin, Ireland. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java, agile methodologies, and a passion for building high-quality software solutions. Responsibilities include engineering features, troubleshooting system failures, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

This role offers flexibility with a hybrid work model and requires at least 2 days onsite. Ideal candidates will be curious and eager to apply their skills in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a software engineering role.
• Ability to work onsite in Dublin at least 2 days per week.
• Experience in creating web services (SOAP, REST).

Responsibilities

• Engineer moderate to complex features for products using agile methodologies.
• Prototype solutions independently and collaborate with teams.
• Troubleshoot system failures in various environments.

Skills

Core Java expertise

Knowledge of Kotlin, Python, bash

Object-oriented design skills

Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub, Jenkins, etc.)

Agile development practices (Scrum, TDD)

Problem-solving and troubleshooting abilities

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

JUnit

SonarQube

Job description

Summary

Software Engineer II – Dublin, Ireland

Product Development and Operations (Full-time hybrid)

About You

You are a smart, enthusiastic, and results-oriented software engineer looking to join an agile product development team that builds secure, performant, reliable, and well-tested solutions for a complex domain. You are highly collaborative, passionate about building high-quality software, and pride yourself on your ability to learn. You understand that software engineering is a team endeavour and that excellence is unlocked through small but meaningful improvements made continuously over time. You are excited to contribute to our industry-leading platform, our award-winning products, and the processes we use to build, deliver, and support our platform and products.

Must-Have Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a software engineering role
• Ability to work onsite in Dublin at least 2 days per week, with flexibility to attend more frequently during peak spike week periods.

What You’ll Do

• Engineer moderate to complex features for our platform and products using agile methodologies with an emphasis on delivering functionality that is secure, performant, and reliable.
• Take high-level but not super detailed problem statements and prototype solutions with a high level of independence, collaborating with others both inside and outside your immediate team to overcome complicated issues.
• Efficiently troubleshoot system failures, whether in production, pre-production, or non-production environments.
• Live our core values of rationality, collegiality, and integrity.
• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

What We’re Looking For

• Core Java expertise (two years’ experience minimum in a professional engineering role)
• Good working knowledge of other programming and scripting languages (Kotlin, Python, bash)
• Object-oriented design skills
• A passion for code quality
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery and supporting build and code management tools (e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity, JUnit, Karate, TestCafe, JaCoCo, SonarQube)
• A proven ability to work collaboratively in small, empowered, cross-functional teams
• Experience developing functionality using agile development practices (Scrum, TDD, pair programming, etc.)
• A desire to be hands‑on in designing and writing code
• Curiosity and an internal drive to learn and constantly improve
• Experience creating web services (SOAP, REST)
• Experience with cloud services is a bonus, e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our hiring team to assess your application.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.