Senior Developer; Regional; Guidewire

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Permanent, Full-time

Work Location:
Ontario or Alberta. This role is eligible for a remote work arrangement.

Closes:

January 30, 202 6

The Senior Guidewire Developer is responsible for delivering enterprise-grade software solutions to meet business objectives using the Guidewire Cloud product suite and related integrations. Senior Guidewire Developers consistently deliver high-quality solutions while providing technical leadership and mentorship across teams. They serve as technical experts in delivering complex projects and driving architectural decisions. The position requires mastery of the Guidewire Platform, understanding of insurance business processes, and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Senior Guidewire Developers strengthen collaboration between technical teams and business stakeholders. They provide expert troubleshooting for production incidents and contribute to improving incident response protocols. Participates in standby rotation and/or callback incidents as assigned.

This position is differentiated from the Intermediate Guidewire Developer in that they will provide mentorship to team members including Developers and Intermediate Guidewire Developers. They are expected to make thoughtful, technical decisions and drive development excellence. Senior Guidewire Developers also take ownership of large technical initiatives, proactively identify and address technical debt, and help shape technical best practice within their teams.

Note:

This section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities – other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

• Guidewire Development
  • Leads both configuration and integration development efforts within the Guidewire Cloud platform, setting architectural direction and standards.
  • Leads development of insurance applications using advanced Gosu programming techniques and optimizes Guidewire's configuration tools for enterprise-scale solutions.
  • Evaluates and implements solutions using Guidewire tools and accelerators, including Marketplace assets and predefined plugins, making strategic decisions to maximize business value.
  • Designs and builds complex integrations between Guidewire modules (Policy Center, Billing Center, Claim Center) and external systems, establishing integration patterns and frameworks.
  • Serves as technical experts for making critical configuration and customization decisions within the Guidewire ecosystem.
  • Leads configuration and development activities within each feature/sprint, removing impediments and resolving complex technical challenges.
  • Establishes and enforces code and configuration review processes to ensure adherence to Guidewire best practices and coding standards.
  • Identifies and strategically addresses technical debt within applications, developing comprehensive remediation plans and implementation strategies.
  • Drives security principles across Guidewire implementations, evaluating potential vulnerabilities and implementing robust security controls to safeguard sensitive insurance data and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Maintains an advanced understanding of the current best practices and capabilities for development and configuration within the Guidewire platform, with the ability to explain the trade offs of customization or configuration.
  • Develops, maintains and/or supports surrounding integrations as required.

• Offer technical guidance and mentorship to developers.
• Ensures code quality and best practices are adhered to.
• Understands and contributes to relevant standards and patterns and work to ensure they are followed and understood by others.
• Acts as an escalation point for incidents or coding issues raised by team members.
• Collaborates with other developers, architects, and principals to establish new patterns.
• Leads the planning and execution of Guidewire product upgrades, ensuring that all tasks are completed on time.

• Ensures alignment with architectural best practices.
• Collaborates with teams to design architecture for new applications and services.
• Informs and influences decisions regarding frameworks, tools, and databases.
• Follows established security protocols and practices to protect applications.
• Performance tunes both back-end and front-end systems.

• Helps establish team agreements, standards, and conventions.
• Participates in the Agile methodology, including being an active participant in all ceremonies and involvement in the entire lifecycle of work items.
• Collaborates closely with product owners, designers, and other identified stakeholders.
• Creates, updates and completes development work items and assist in backlog prioritization and estimation.
• Ensures improvements…