Senior Software Engineer , Tech Lead

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

Summary

Join Guidewire’s Product Development & Operations organization to build secure, scalable platform capabilities that help property and casualty insurers modernize their businesses. You’ll work with collaborative, curious engineers across backend services, infrastructure, and developer experience, using cloud, data, and AI technologies to improve reliability and customer value. This role supports PDO priorities around operational excellence, transformative innovation, and measurable efficiency for customers.

Summary

Join Guidewire’s Product Development & Operations organization to build secure, scalable platform capabilities that help property and casualty insurers modernize their businesses. You’ll work with collaborative, curious engineers across backend services, infrastructure, and developer experience, using cloud, data, and AI technologies to improve reliability and customer value. This role supports PDO priorities around operational excellence, transformative innovation, and measurable efficiency for customers.

You’ll provide technical leadership while designing and delivering core application-platform services. By combining strong software engineering judgment with responsible use of AI coding tools, you’ll help accelerate development, mentor teammates, and shape solutions that are reliable, secure, and ready to scale.

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of backend services for Guidewire’s application platform.
• Build APIs, microservices, and distributed systems that improve developer experience and support reliable product delivery.
• Apply agentic coding tools, automation, and data-driven insights to accelerate development while maintaining engineering quality and responsible AI practices.
• Engineer for scalability, availability, observability, performance, and security across the platform.
• Collaborate with product managers, infrastructure engineers, security partners, and other cross-functional teams to deliver secure and efficient platform operations.
• Contribute to cloud and data platform adoption, service reliability, security improvements, and new product initiatives aligned with PDO priorities.
• Help identify and resolve complex technical issues, improve engineering practices, and deliver measurable improvements in platform efficiency and customer value.
• Support and mentor junior engineers through thoughtful feedback, knowledge sharing, and hands‑on technical guidance.
• 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 you’ll bring

Required

• 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, including system design and development of platform services.
• Strong proficiency in at least one of Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python, with the ability to work effectively in other languages.
• Experience designing and building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Experience with Kubernetes and infrastructure as code.
• Experience using coding agents, automation tools, or similar technologies to improve engineering productivity.
• Understanding of software quality, scalability, availability, observability, and application security practices.
• Strong collaboration, communication, problem‑solving, and technical leadership skills.
• 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.

Preferred

• Degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field preferred, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience operating production services in a public‑cloud environment.
• Experience with platform engineering, developer tooling, continuous integration and delivery, service reliability, or cloud‑native application development.
• Experience mentoring engineers or serving as a technical lead on cross‑functional initiatives.
• Familiarity with insurance technology, enterprise software as a service, data