Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Are you a result-oriented polyglot programmer using 12-factor app methodology to craft your Cloud products If so we would like to meet you!

Guidewire provides outstanding software for the second-largest financial services industry in the world: insurance. We deliver the core applications that Property and Casualty (P/C) insurers use to build products sell policies settle claims and bill customers. We deliver SaaS solutions via Guidewire Cloud that enable our customers to rapidly innovate and drive measurable value. Guidewire Cloud is powered by the highly resilient Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure with SLAs backed by experienced Guidewire teams and SaaS-certified partners spanning application management system administration security and compliance upgrades QA testing health checks and other services.

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.

Job Description

What you get to do

• Lead the development of Guidewires multi-tenant cloud platform that supports all Guidewire applications and services.
  Blog: the design and development of ATMOS our infrastructure platform as a product - built using Kubernetes (EKS) Terraform and in the CNCF ecosystem including platform observability (logs metrics traces).

• Design and build core platform services that support developer experience authentication authorization and platform lifecycle automation using Java Spring Boot Golang or equivalent.

• Engineer quality scalability availability and security into every aspect of the platform.

• Employ TDD and automated testing practices to ensure reliability and repeatability.

• Deploy containerized applications to AWS using modern CI/CD pipelines.

• Work closely with highly skilled engineers product managers architects and operations teams in a pair programming culture to deliver infrastructure and software that matters.

• Mentor engineers influence architectural direction and drive continuous improvement across the organization.

• Apply AI and data-driven insights to enhance engineering workflows productivity and platform capabilities

What you bring to Guidewire

• 10 years of experience in SaaS/PaaS environments supporting large-scale enterprise systems.

• Strong programming skills in Java/Spring Boot ecosystem Golang or equivalent.

• Strong design architecture and hands-on experience with Platform Engineering including

  • Container technologies (Docker or equivalent) in a large-scale cloud environment.

  • Strong proficiency with Kubernetes eco-system on Public cloud (AWS GCP Azure or equivalent) and IaC tools such as Terraform Ansible or equivalent

• A team-first mindset strong problem-solving skills and a passion for learning.

• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your engineering workflow.

• Familiarity with security best practices in cloud environments.

• Comfort working in an agile fast-paced collaborative pairing-oriented environment.

What you should know about this role

• This is a hybrid position requiring 50% of office presence

• The position regularly involves pair programming.

• Learn more about how our CCS group operates:
  about the interview process:

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The US base salary range for this full-time position is $169000 - $253000 . Your base pay will depend on your experience skills education training and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health dental and vision insurance paid time off and a company sponsored retirement addition some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan commissions and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including but not limited to company and employee performance.

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 non-selection for a vacancy e-mail to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker 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.

For more information please visit and follow us on Twitter: @GuidewirePandC.

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.