Developer

Birlasoft; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in India is seeking an experienced Guidewire Policy Center Integration Developer. This role involves designing and implementing integration solutions in alignment with business requirements. The ideal candidate possesses strong expertise in Guidewire integrations, and web development (Java/J2EE or .Net), along with proven skills in XML, JSON, and SQL. An innovative approach and strong problem-solving skills are essential for success in this position, allowing you to effectively navigate challenges in integration projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4+ years of Guidewire PolicyCenter integration development experience.
• Strong experience designing Rest APIs or web services for Guidewire functionality.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement integration solutions for Guidewire Policy Center.
• Ensure code adherence to best practices and user requirements.
• Develop integration solutions including Batch processes and Message Queues.

Skills

Guidewire Edge APIs

Java/J2EE

SQL

XML

JSON

Agile methodologies

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Certification in Guidewire Policy Center integration

Tools

GIT

TFS

JIRA

Job description

Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company’s consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group’s 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.

ROLE SUMMARY

Looking for an experienced GWPC (Guidewire Policy Center) Integration Developer to design and implement integration solutions that align with business requirements. The developer will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and reusable integrations within the Guidewire platform, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards. This role requires strong technical expertise in Guidewire integrations, a solid understanding of insurance industry processes, and a commitment to continuous improvement and production support.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with technical and business leaders during Guidewire Policy Center implementations and actively participating in the requirements review, assessment and high level and detailed sizing of required configuration and technical effort.
• Ensure technical design and specifications are in line with traceable user-stories / requirements and according to Guidewire and Sompo development best-practices.
• Leverage available Guidewire accelerators to accelerate development activities and make reuse of proven architectural patterns, for integrations or product development activities.
• Ensure that the delivered code is standards-based, G-unit tested and code-reviewed with supporting artifacts and in line with business requirements and technical specifications.
• Develop integration solutions including Batch processes, Message Queues, and Event Messaging.
• Develop integration solutions with internal and external consumers.
• Leverage Guidewire EDGE APIs or EDGE oriented extended models to build domain-based API solutions that are reusable.
• Establish and execute traceable unit and integration tests (automated as to be agreed).
• Write code / peer reviews and ensure that unit, integration, end-to-end, and smoke tests are conducted following continuous integration and deployment activities.
• Facilitate for gate-checking code prior to higher environment propagations.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong experience and understanding of Guidewire Edge APIs, with experience exposing Guidewire functionality (account, policy, user management, etc.) to external consumers.
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter integration development with an overall 5+ years of experience developing web based Java/J2EE or .Net applications.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with XML, JSON and SQL are required.
• Experience with creating transactional as well as account and user-management integrations with Guidewire Policy Center and external systems. Strong understanding of reconciliation is required.
• Strong experience with SQL is required.
• Experience with web service hosting and consuming, using the Guidewire EDGE Layer.
• Strong experience designing/developing Rest APIs or Web Services to expose Guidewire functionality to consumers.
• Experience leading offshore teams is highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Commercial P&C insurance is highly preferred.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to navigate through and lead teams to solutioning.
• Experienced with Agile methodology and tooling (TFS, Rally, JIRA, etc.) in a technical owner capacity.
• Experience with source controls tools like GIT, TFS or similar.
• Strong experience / knowledge of Guidewire integration concepts: Batch Processing, Message Queues and Event Processing.
• Demonstrated expertise and experience with Guidewire APIs, Product Designer, GX Model, Integrations and Product Model development (for integration, testing and data migrations) is preferred.

GENERAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidate has excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build and maintain positive working relationships across the organization.
• Candidate has proficient time management skills to prioritize workload and meet project deadlines.
• Able to think creatively to propose innovative solutions to complex integration challenges.
• Possess a customer-oriented approach to understand and meet the needs of internal and external stakeholders.
• Candidate has strong attention to detail to ensure accuracy and quality in all aspects of the development process.
• Possess flexibility skills to adapt to changing technologies.
• Possess the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
• Able to work collaboratively in a team environment as well as independently with minimal supervision.
• Candidate has excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Mathematics or related field is strongly preferred.
• Certification in Guidewire Policy Center integration.