Guidewire Policy Center Sr Developer

Job Overview

This role is for a Guidewire Policy Center Sr Developer with a contract length of "unknown," offering a pay rate of "unknown." Candidates must have 10+ years of Guidewire Policy Center experience, strong integration expertise, and a solid understanding of the insurance domain.

Location:

London Area, United Kingdom – On-site.

• Core Guidewire Knowledge (Policy Center): strong understanding of Policy Center data model and business processes, hands‑on experience with Gosu programming, deep knowledge of APD, Product Model, Job Lifecycle, Policy Transactions (new business, renewal, endorsement, cancellation) and PMT tool, and expertise in configuring Policy Center (typelists, entities, PCFs, workflows, rules engine).
• Guidewire Integration Expertise: experience with Guidewire integration mechanisms (Messaging, Web Services, Plugins, Batch Processes), working knowledge of GX Model & Edge APIs, hands‑on experience integrating with external systems using REST, understanding of event‑driven processing (messaging triggers).
• Database Knowledge: experience working with Guidewire Data Model and database schema, support the creation of a data feed from Guidewire Policy Center V10/V9 and Cloud.
• Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting: ability to profile and debug Policy Center performance issues, understanding of caching strategies, efficient querying, and memory management.
• Guidewire Best Practices: knowledge of Guidewire coding standards & best practices, Sonar Qube, Jacoca.
• Business Knowledge & Communication: understanding of insurance domain concepts, ability to understand requirements, collaborate with business analysts, and provide technical solutions; ability to work with PO, BA and other squad team to clarify requirements and resolve dependencies.
• Testing: understanding of testing automation such as GUnits.
• Release Management: understanding of code build‑deploy, environments (time travel, NFT), support release deployment and sequence of events involved from Guidewire perspective.
• Thought Leadership: participate in solution discussion with Cognizant Guidewire CoE, contribute towards continuous improvements and Guidewire new features, experience with implementation, upgrade, migration projects, worked on Guidewire Cloud platform.
• Development Lead: review design documents, sign‑off on designs, review user story estimations, drive technical solution sessions for sprint user stories from configuration and integration perspective, analyze technical dependencies, provide inputs to PO, guide developers, peer review code, participate in defect triage meetings, work with technical leaders to set technical guidelines and processes.

• 10+ years of recent experience with Guidewire Policy Center.
• Core Guidewire Knowledge (Policy Center): strong knowledge of Policy Center data model, business processes, Gosu programming, APD, Product Model, Job Lifecycle, Policy Transactions, PMT tool, and configuration.
• Guidewire Integration: messaging, web services, plugins, batch processes, GX Model & Edge APIs, REST integration, event‑driven processing.
• Database schema experience and data feed support.
• Performance optimization, memory management expertise.
• Coding standards, Sonar Qube, Jacoca proficiency.
• Insurance domain knowledge, strong communication, collaboration with business analysts.
• Testing automation experience (GUnits).
• Release management and deployment processes.
• Thought leadership and continuous improvement.
• Leadership in development, design reviews, sprint planning, technical guidance.