We are looking for a proactive and result-oriented Software Engineer to join our product development team and work on building high quality software and improving the customer experience for millions of people who use our products every day. You will have the opportunity to make an impact and contribute to a complex application suite of products as we are serving more than 350 companies in 32 countries.
Our software supports significant data volumes and heavy server load. Our platform includes a cluster-safe persistence layer, inter-application messaging architecture, an MVC Web layer, and a lot more.
You'll work alongside intelligent colleagues who've checked their egos at the door. Teamwork is very important to us, so we are looking for engineers who are open to share their knowledge, listen to their peers, paying also attention to details and quality and work together to solve complex problems.
You will attend training from day one, learning about our solutions and the business side, as every day can be different, from development to deployment, quarterly planning, and daily standups.
Your day-to-day will be:
- Learn about a business or technical problem, distill the right set of requirements and think creatively about a solution
- Find the right tool for the job, then architect and build reliable and flexible solutions
- Focus on code quality and constantly work to improve our Agile processes
- You will have a variety of responsibilities and a chance to influence the way the team works
Key qualifications include:
- 2+ years of experience building n-tier web applications using Java-based technologies such as Java EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate
- 2+ years of experience facets of enterprise software systems development, including relational database systems (JDBC, ORM, data modeling and design), system integration (messaging, REST services), web UI
- Experience working in an agile and fast paced development environment (e.g. TDD, BDD, Agile, pair programming, etc.) and familiarity with Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, etc
- Skilled at writing unit tests and testable components
- Clear written communication and documentation skills
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- Strong software product development and delivery experience
- Cloud Services (e.g. AWS/GCP/Azure) is nice to have
The ideal candidate will share our core values: Collegiality, Integrity, and Rationality.
Collegiality - We value strong teams. We work together as professional equals. We strive to continuously improve our processes and make realistic assumptions to maintain a reasonable work-life balance. We are trusted to manage our own time. We value ideas, not titles. We welcome and consider contrary opinions.
Integrity - We insist on truthful relationships with customers, prospective customers, partners, investors, and each other in everything that we do.
Rationality - We communicate through clear arguments. We decide carefully based on factual evidence. We like calm, systematic, thoughtful solutions. We believe in testing. We never assume that we're building software the "best" way, and constantly seek to improve our processes.
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 450 insurers, 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 1000+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of add-ons that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
Guidewire Software Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
