Position Summary 

A senior engineering role owning end-to-end technical delivery for complex Guidewire PolicyCenter initiatives. The individual leads design and development for assigned domains, mentors engineers, and drives reliability and delivery improvements with minimal oversight. 

Scope of Responsibility 

• Design & Architecture — Leads technical design for complex initiatives; performs impact assessments across product model, configuration, integrations, and downstream systems; partners with Architects on design alternatives. 

• Development & Delivery — Develops and maintains configurations, rules, integrations, and extensions; leads development across multiple workstreams; enforces best practices through code review. 

• Technical Leadership — Acts as technical point of contact for assigned domains; drives estimation, planning, and risk management; mentor’s developers and vendor resources. 

• Production Stability — Leads root cause analysis for complex incidents; drives monitoring and performance improvements; ensures logging, observability, and resilience standards are met. 

• Stakeholder Engagement — Collaborates directly with business stakeholders to clarify requirements and challenge gaps; communicates risks and recommendations to leadership. Communication must be concise, clear, and free of ambiguity. 

• Talent Development — Mentors engineers in development, integration, and system design; supports onboarding and knowledge sharing. 

Requirements

Qualifications 

• Experience: 8+ years engineering; 5+ years Guidewire InsuranceSuite; strong PolicyCenter depth; P&C domain experience; experience leading delivery initiatives. 

• Core Skills: Guidewire configuration, Gosu, Integration Framework, REST/SOAP, Java/J2EE, Spring, SQL/Oracle, batch/event-driven patterns, CI/CD, performance tuning. 

• Desirable: Experience with Guidewire Jutro Digital Platform (JDP) and Earnix rating/pricing engine integration; cloud-based architecture experience. 

• Certification: Guidewire Certified Specialist – PolicyCenter Configuration. 

Level Expectations 

Owns technical outcomes for assigned domain; drives design decisions with limited oversight; identifies and mitigates risk proactively; coaches engineers; balances delivery speed with maintainability.