Senior Platform Engineer - AI-Driven Backend Services

Guidewire Software; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 271,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Health and wellness benefits

Paid time off programs

Market-competitive pay & incentives

Continual development & internalcareer

Job summary

Guidewire is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Application Platform to help build our next-generation platform powering insurance applications. You will contribute to backend services, with occasional work on infrastructure and frontend, and leverage AI coding tools to accelerate development.

Based in the United States, this onsite, full-time role emphasizes operational excellence, security, and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with design of platform services.
• Experience with coding agents and automation tools.
• Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python and ability to pick up others.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to design, development, and maintenance of Guidewire's application platform, primarily backend services.
• Apply AI coding tools to accelerate development.
• Engineer for quality, scalability, availability, and security across the platform.

Skills

Backend design

Coding agents

APIs & microservices

Java/JavaScript/TypeScript/Python

Kubernetes & IaC

Collaboration & communication

Job description

Guidewire is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Application Platform to help build our next-generation platform powering insurance applications. You will contribute to backend services, with occasional work on infrastructure and frontend, and leverage AI coding tools to accelerate development.

Based in the United States, this onsite, full-time role emphasizes operational excellence, security, and scalable solutions.