Sr. Guidewire Developer with Ace PolicyCenter Certification

Compunnel Inc.; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy based in San Antonio is looking for a Sr. Guidewire Developer with expertise in Guidewire PolicyCenter and strong software development experience. Candidates should possess a Guidewire PolicyCenter Associate certification and experience in agile frameworks. This contract-to-hire role involves significant collaboration and mentoring within the engineering team, focusing on delivering high-quality solutions and resolving complex production issues. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• 6+ years of software development experience in a related field.
• Ability to independently resolve technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop technical solutions with engineers.
• Lead code reviews for operational efficiency.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence architectural decisions.

Skills

Guidewire PolicyCenter

Java

Kafka

Spring

Redis

Kubernetes

Spring

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AWS

Guidewire Cloud

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Sr. Guidewire Developer with Ace PolicyCenter Certification

Role Type: 6 month Contract to Hire – Any Work Authorization

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, code, and test significant technical solutions collaborating with senior and lead engineers.
• Lead code/design reviews to ensure smooth daily operations and accurate planning at a team level.
• Organize work and lead team to deliver features and solutions.
• Independently resolve complex production issues and lead troubleshooting of end-to-end solutions that span multiple applications and systems.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers.
• May begin working with architecture to help influence directions for key technologies within a specific domain.

Required Skills / Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, including Product Model configuration, Entity, Batch process, REST, Web services Integrations, PCF, Gosu Scripts, and Rules. (Lead: 10 years+, Senior 5-10 years)
• Guidewire PolicyCenter Associate certification for version 10.x; Guidewire ACE 10.x certification is preferred.
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud Implementation from Inception to Implementation phases.
• Experience with one or more technologies: Java, Kafka, Spring, Redis, Kubernetes, OpenShift.
• Able to articulate complex technology subjects to IT and business audiences at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrate effective communication and build high-trust relationships with peers and leaders.
• Able to develop solutions using Guidewire PolicyCenter out-of-box services, in-house developed APIs, and third-party vendor APIs.
• Able to migrate legacy applications to Guidewire and AWS Cloud and create reusable patterns to reduce future migration costs.
• Experience with system operations and addressing non-functional requirements (e.g., scalability, performance, maintainability, load balance, resilience, disaster recovery).
• Experience with SAFe framework or similar agile frameworks.

Minimum Education / Experience

• Bachelor\'s degree in related field or 4 additional years of related experience beyond the minimum required.
• 6+ years of software development experience demonstrating depth of technical understanding within a specific discipline/technology.
• Demonstrated ability to independently research technical issues and generate creative/innovative solutions.

Preferred Education / Experience

• Experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter.
• Experience working with Commercial Lines within Guidewire.
• Experience in Program Management in Agile environment and collaboration with multiple teams to present strategy/status to Executive Management.
• Experience in handling and engaging vendors and ability to connect and communicate effectively with Architects to present research findings and analysis to make recommendations.
• Able to craft and monitor vendor SLOs to drive vendor performance and availability.
• Exposure to public cloud environment (AWS), processes and tools.

Location

• San Antonio, TX

Additional

• Multiple Positions at San Antonio Tech firm
• Full Stack Developer roles (ReactJS, Vue, Angular) and Full Stack Developer roles (C# / .Net / JS / SQL / AWS)