Senior Platform Engineer - AI, Cloud & Microservices

Guidewire Software; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidewire Software is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to join the Product Development & Operations organization. You will design, build, and operate backend services and APIs for the application platform, leveraging microservices and cloud infrastructure to deliver reliable and scalable products.

You will mentor teammates, apply AI-assisted coding tools, and collaborate across product, infra, security, and data teams to drive efficiency and customer value.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in backend software engineering and platform services.
• Strong in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python.
• Experience designing and building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Kubernetes and infrastructure as code.
• Experience using coding agents, automation tools, or similar technologies.
• Understanding of software quality, scalability, availability, observability, and security practices.
• Strong collaboration and leadership skills.
• Experience applying AI and data-driven insights to improve productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of backend services for Guidewire's application platform.
• Build APIs, microservices, and distributed systems to improve developer experience and reliability.
• Apply AI coding tools, automation, and data-driven insights to accelerate development while maintaining quality.
• Ensure scalability, availability, observability, performance, and security across the platform.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure engineers, security teams, and other stakeholders to deliver secure platform operations.
• Drive cloud and data platform adoption and service reliability improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge through concrete guidance.
• Foster a culture of curiosity and responsible AI usage to continuously improve productivity.

Skills

Backend design

APIs & microservices

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as code

Automation tools

Java/JavaScript/TypeScript/Python

Software quality & security

Technical leadership

AI in development

Tools

Cloud platforms

Job description

Guidewire Software is seeking a seasoned Backend Engineer to join the Product Development & Operations organization. You will design, build, and operate backend services and APIs for the application platform, leveraging microservices and cloud infrastructure to deliver reliable and scalable products.

You will mentor teammates, apply AI-assisted coding tools, and collaborate across product, infra, security, and data teams to drive efficiency and customer value.