API Engineering Intern

Summary

Guidewire is seeking a motivated and curious Software Engineering Intern to join our team and contribute to the development of cuttingedge APIs and microservices. This internship is a unique opportunity to gain handson experience designing architecting and maintaining a scalable eventdriven microservices system as part of HazardHub NextGen the industrys most comprehensive platform for property casualty and hazard risk data in the P&C insurance space.

Job Description

As an intern you will be paired with an experienced Software Engineer and play an integral role in shaping the future of our geospatial and hazard data services. Youll gain exposure to realworld software engineering practices and contribute meaningfully to our production systems.

What Youll Do:

• Collaborate with your mentor and other engineers to design build and maintain APIs and microservices that power HazardHubs data products.

• Contribute to architectural and technology decisions related to middletier services API structure and database design.

• Develop and maintain geospatial APIs and microservices that deliver hazard and riskrelated data efficiently and securely.

• Investigate and troubleshoot live systems identify bugs and assist in implementing fixes and enhancements.

• Participate in code reviews share your ideas and grow your software development skills in a supportive team environment.

Technologies Youll Work With:

• OpenAPI for designing and documenting RESTful APIs

• REST for API design and communication

• SQL for querying and managing data

• Go (Golang) primary programming language for service development

• PostGIS geospatial database extension for PostgreSQL

• Kubernetes for container orchestration and deployment

• Helm for managing Kubernetes applications

• Terraform for infrastructure as code

• GitHub & GitHub Actions for version control and CI/CD

What Youll Gain:

• Practical experience building and deploying productiongrade microservices

• Exposure to modern DevOps practices and infrastructure tools

• Mentorship from experienced engineers and opportunities to grow as a developer

• A chance to contribute to impactful realworld solutions used across the insurance industry

Intern Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a BS or MS program in Computer Science with an expected graduation date from Spring 2025 to Spring 2026

• Programming proficiency in Java Python & React or other modern OO programming languages.

• Analytical and structured thinkeryou can break down complex challenges identify patterns and frame solutions that align with business goals.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate customer and market insights into actionable product strategies.

• Collaborative and adaptable able to work effectively with product managers engineers and business stakeholders.

• Comfort with ambiguityyou enjoy tackling openended challenges and iterating on ideas based on discovery and feedback.

The US base salary range for this fulltime position is $50000 $96000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including jobrelated skills experience and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewires Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to If things do not go as hoped we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation or receiving a notice of your nonselection for a vacancy email to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decisionmaker to review the request and/or hiring decision who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage innovate and grow efficiently. We combine digital core analytics and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540 insurers in 40 countries from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600 successful projects supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration localization and innovation.

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Guidewire Software Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace and believe that a diversity of perspectives abilities and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color ancestry religion sex national origin citizenship marital status age sexual orientation gender identity gender expression veteran status or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where its applicable to the position.