Staff Guidewire Engineer – PolicyCenter

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide technical leadership and guidance for several agile teams or projects to execute prioritized software product roadmaps.

• Design, develop, and sustain intricate software systems.

• Produce high-quality code for complex scenarios with adequate test coverage.

• Review and convert product requirements into robust designs for high-quality distributed application systems.

• Oversee design and code reviews for multiple applications to ensure adherence to best practices, Mercury standards, and quality expectations.

• Lead various sprint teams within the same product domain to deliver new or enhanced features.

• Resolve impediments to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions for product backlog items.

• Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders to guarantee successful implementation of the intended functionality.

• Mentor and provide technical support to engineers across multiple teams within the same functional area.

• Work alongside product managers to estimate effort, prioritize tasks, plan, and deliver on prioritized roadmap items.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Over 7 years of software engineering experience with a proven track record in cutting-edge technologies and/or those utilized at Mercury.

• More than 3 years of hands-on experience leading multi-team engineering initiatives for feature development in a distributed application systems environment.

• Proficient in one or more industry-standard programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript).

• Skilled in utilizing various data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.

• Experienced with relational databases, NoSQL, and caching solutions.

• Proficient in APIs using modern protocols such as REST and gRPC.

• Familiar with message queuing, data streaming, workflows, and integration frameworks (e.g., Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, Amazon SQS, MS MQ, Apache Camel, etc.).

• Knowledgeable in microservices architecture.

• Experienced in containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Proficient in cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

• Familiar with leveraging DevSecOps practices to enhance engineering efficiency.

• Skilled in designing and implementing high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, and are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.

• Experienced in using analytics data and experimentation to design and enhance systems for speed, scalability, and effectiveness.

• Excellent problem-solving skills that lead to innovative solutions.

• Strong communication skills.

• Ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders across various functional areas to address impediments and achieve desired results.

• Demonstrated leadership skills through mentoring and providing technical guidance to multiple teams within a functional area.

• Experienced in promoting operational excellence and best practices with a focus on quality, performance, scalability, maintainability, and observability.

• Experienced in shaping technical strategy and vision for multiple teams.

• Preferred: 7 or more years of experience with Guidewire (PolicyCenter).

• Preferred: 5 or more years of experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices.

• Preferred: 3 or more years of experience with system design.

• Preferred: 2 or more years of experience with AWS or related cloud technologies.

• Preferred: Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions.

• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours).

• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus).

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance.

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.

• Engaging work environment.

• Opportunities for advancement.

• Education assistance.

• Professional and personal development opportunities.

• Company recognition program.

• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more.