About this Senior Software Engineer, Guidewire BillingCenter role at Travelers
Travelers · Onsite · CT - Hartford
Who Are We?
Taking care of our customers, our communities and each other. That’s the Travelers Promise. By honoring this commitment, we have maintained our reputation as one of the best property casualty insurers in the industry for over 170 years. Join us to discover a culture that is rooted in innovation and thrives on collaboration. Imagine loving what you do and where you do it.
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Compensation Overview
The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range
$139,400.00 - $230,000.00Target Openings
What Is the Opportunity?
What Will You Do?
- Perform complex analysis, advanced level design and configuration, and develop functionality within Guidewire BillingCenter for high visibility, high impact initiatives.
- Configure, troubleshoot, and support multiple BillingCenter functional areas.
- Take the lead on designing and implementing solutions for moderately complex, loosely scoped billing and payments problems aligned with team and business goals.
- Serve as a Technical Lead on key initiatives, delivering efforts both independently and by leading other team members.
- Play a key role in a large 2027 transformation program, migrating from an in-house, mainframe-based billing platform to Guidewire BillingCenter.
- Lead investigation, diagnosis, and resolution efforts for critical, high impact problems, defects, and incidents within BillingCenter and related integrations, while working with business and technical teams to clarify requirements.
- Act as a technology advocate, identifying opportunities to leverage Guidewire capabilities, cloud technologies, and, where applicable, AI to improve billing processes and business outcomes.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship on Guidewire BillingCenter and modern engineering practices while fostering a collaborative, Agile team environment.
- Apply knowledge of Guidewire events, batch processing, and integration patterns, as well as current industry and cloud trends, to design and deliver effective solutions.
- Seek opportunities to continuously expand your technical knowledge of Guidewire, AWS, and Agile delivery practices.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have?
- 5+ years of hands-on programming/development experience.
- 5+ years of experience with Guidewire BillingCenter, including configuration and integration.
- Technical Skills & Domain Expertise
- Deep experience with Guidewire BillingCenter configuration, integrations, and extension.
- Hands-on experience developing and supporting integrations with Guidewire BillingCenter.
- Experience with commission calculation configuration and troubleshooting, invoice logic and document mapping, and payment management, including configuration and issue resolution.
- Strong knowledge of Guidewire events and batch processing.
- Experience acting as a Technical Lead on complex initiatives, ideally in billing, payments, or policy administration domains.
- Experience working in Agile environments (e.g., Scrum/Kanban) and using modern DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing).
- Experience with AWS (or another major cloud provider), including designing, deploying, or supporting cloud-hosted applications and integrations.
- Experience with Java and/or GOSU for Guidewire development.
- Exposure to or hands-on experience with AI/ML capabilities and how they can be applied to billing or financial operations.
- Prior experience with or understanding of mainframe-based systems, especially in modernization or migration to Guidewire.
- DeliveryAdvanced delivery skills, including the ability to:
- Determine the software design strategy and methodology for Guidewire BillingCenter efforts.
- Use automated tests, analysis, and informed feedback loops to ensure quality and production readiness before release.
- Monitor the health of BillingCenter components and adjacent systems, addressing issues proactively.
- Problem SolvingStrong problem solving skills, including the ability to:
- Use data, experimentation, and proofs of concept to find creative solutions to complex billing and integration challenges.
- Reflect on implemented solutions, measure their impact, and use those insights to iterate and optimize.
- Make sound decisions that involve multiple complex factors and broad business/technical implications.
- CommunicationExcellent communication skills, including the ability to:
- Translate Guidewire and cloud technical concepts into language that is clear and meaningful to business partners.
- Document initiatives in a concise, clear, and structured manner.
- Collaborate effectively with engineers, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders across multiple teams.
- Quickly identify and articulate core issues in discussions and meetings.
- Give and receive constructive feedback, raise issues and challenges constructively, offer support when asked, and ensure all voices are heard; listen attentively and with empathy.
- LeadershipAdvanced leadership skills, including the ability to:
- Take ownership and drive work forward even when there is no clearly defined owner.
- Lead and mentor engineers in Guidewire BillingCenter and modern engineering practices.
- Inspire, motivate, and align team members around common goals, particularly during large transformation efforts.
What is a Must Have?
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
- 6 additional years of software engineering experience.
What Is in It for You?
- Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members – including spouses, domestic partners, and children – are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
- Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
- Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
- Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
- Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Employment Practices
Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.
Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.
To learn more about our comprehensive benefit programs please visit http://careers.travelers.com/life-at-travelers/benefits/.
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