Staff Software Engineer

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Job Description:

Staff Engineer Guidewire Claims

TD Insurance Technology

The Staff Engineer Guidewire Claims is an individual contributor responsible for providing enterprisescale technical leadership and architectural stewardship across the Guidewire Claims platform. This role partners with senior business product engineering and enterprise architecture leaders to define and evolve endtoend technical strategy and solutions aligned with Guidewire Cloud and TD enterprise standards. Operating at Senior manager level the Staff Engineer owns complex highimpact problem spaces that span multiple teams and domains. The role leads through deep technical expertise influence and systems thinking guiding multiple engineering pods without direct people management accountability. Success in this role is measured by platform health architectural quality risk reduction developer productivity and longterm sustainability of the Claims ecosystem. Guidewire ClaimCenter certification and relevant insurance experience are required.

CUSTOMER

• Act as a senior technical partner to business and product leaders by translating complex business strategies into scalable resilient technical solutions.

• Lead technical discovery and architecture definition for highcomplexity ambiguous and crossdomain problem spaces within Claims.

• Define govern and evolve architecture design patterns and integration approaches aligned to Guidewire Cloud TD enterprise architecture and security standards.

• Ensure engineering solutions are designed to meet enterprise expectations for quality performance security resiliency and availability.

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor clearly articulating technical risks tradeoffs and recommendations to senior technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

• Anticipate future business and platform needs to proactively influence technical direction and enable longterm Claims modernization.

SHAREHOLDER

• Provide enterpriselevel stewardship over architectural integrity and technical decisionmaking across the Claims domain.

• Identify assess and mitigate strategic technical operational and security risks associated with platform evolution and largescale delivery initiatives.

• Lead and influence modernization efforts including cloud adoption automation platform simplification and reduction of technical debt.

• Contribute to and shape TD enterprise engineering standards reference architectures and technical governance practices.

• Act as the primary technical liaison with vendor platform providers (e.g. Guidewire) maintaining deep awareness of product roadmaps constraints and opportunities.

• Support regulatory audit and risk partners by providing authoritative technical subjectmatter expertise.

• Balance nearterm delivery pressures with longterm architectural sustainability operational resilience and cost effectiveness.

EMPLOYEE / TEAM

• Provide seniorlevel technical mentorship and guidance to engineers across multiple pods and teams through:

  • Code solution and integration reviews

  • Architecture and design leadership

  • Knowledge sharing and technical coaching

• Foster an inclusive engineering culture that values diversity of thought constructive challenge and continuous improvement.

• Model TDs Colleague Promise by promoting a culture of learning curiosity and psychological safety.

• Influence engineering practices at scale by advocating for DevOps automation cloudnative patterns and operational excellence.

• Partner with Engineering Managers to provide technical input into role expectations capability development and career growth frameworks.

• Act as a change agent by challenging legacy approaches and enabling teams to deliver improved outcomes through stronger technical practices.

BREADTH & DEPTH

• 10 years of progressive software engineering experience including 7 years of deep handson experience with Guidewire ClaimCenter.

• Demonstrated expertise in:

  • Guidewire Studio

  • Gosu Java or similar enterprise languages

  • APIs web services integration and messaging patterns

• Strong understanding of insurance claims processing data flows and regulatory considerations.

• Proven experience delivering largescale solutions in agile and/or productbased delivery models.

• Cloud experience with AWS and/or Azure including cloudnative and platformasaservice patterns.

• Advanced understanding of CI/CD DevOps automation observability and operational readiness.

• Exceptional analytical systemsthinking and problemsolving skills.

• Proven ability to influence technical outcomes across teams and domains without formal authority.

EXPERIENCE AND / OR EDUCATION

• Required: Guidewire ClaimCenter certification (or equivalent).

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Role Clarification

• This is a Level 11 Staff Engineer role and a senior individual contributor position.

• There is no direct people management or budget accountability.

• Technical leadership is exercised through architecture ownership influence mentorship and enterprise impact.

• Performance is assessed based on technical outcomes architectural quality platform stability risk reduction and developer effectiveness.

Who We Are:

TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we strive to make every interaction product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to foster deeper relationships ensure disciplined execution and build a simpler faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are client facing. Together we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary variable compensation and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits savings and retirement programs paid time off banking benefits and discounts career development and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations requirements.

Colleague Development

If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll have regular career development and performance conversations with your manager as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If youre passionate about helping clients and building deep lasting relationships TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

Were committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued everyone has fair opportunities to grow and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
Well reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
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We look forward to hearing from you!

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