IT Software Engineer​/IT Senior Software Engineer; Guidewire​/Java

Position: IT Software Engineer/IT Senior Software Engineer (Guidewire/Java)
Division or Field Office:

Service & Experience Technology Division
Department of Position: Claims Tech Department
Work from:
Millcreek (Westport)
Salary Range:
$86,954.00 - $
* salary range is for this level and may vary based on actual level of role hired for


* This range represents a national range and the actual salary will depend on several factors including the scope and complexity of the role and the skills, education, training, credentials, location, and experience of an applicant, as well as level of role for which the successful candidate is hired. Position may be eligible for an annual bonus payment.

At Erie Insurance, you're not just part of a Fortune 500 company; you're also a valued member of a diverse and inclusive team that includes more than 6,000 employees and over 13,000 independent agencies. Our Employees work in the Home Office complex located in Erie, PA, and in our Field Offices that span 12 states and the District of Columbia.

Benefits That Go Beyond The Basics

We strive to be Above all in Service to our customers-and to our employees. That's why Erie Insurance offers you an exceptional benefits package, including:

• Premier health, prescription, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents. Coverage begins your first day of work.
• Low contributions to medical and prescription premiums. We currently pay up to 97% of employees' monthly premium costs.
• Pension. We are one of only 13 Fortune 500 companies to offer a traditional pension plan. Full-time employees are vested after five years of service.
• 401(k) with up to 4% contribution match. The 401(k) is offered in addition to the pension.
• Paid time off. Paid vacation, personal days, sick days, bereavement days and parental leave.
• Career development. Including a tuition reimbursement program for higher education and industry designations.

Additional benefits that include company-paid basic life insurance; short-and long-term disability insurance; orthodontic coverage for children and adults; adoption assistance; fertility and infertility coverage; well-being programs; paid volunteer hours for service to your community; and dollar-for-dollar matching of your charitable gifts each year.

Position Summary

Designs, develops, and maintains computer software.

Provides technical leadership on small, moderately complex, low risk enhancement projects or support teams, with little supervision.

Delivers moderately complex code/configuration changes as part of a larger implementation under a moderate level of supervision in a primarily full-stack development environment including front-end, policy, integration, and cloud.

What You'll Do
This leading IT Software Engineer/IT Senior Software Engineer within the Claims Management Program will focus on delivering first time through projects or transformational new cloud capabilities to drive key business value. Will serve as the overarching technical lead for 3 Agile Scrum teams.

Preferred Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of advanced Java Programming experience and relational databases
• Ability to lead projects independently as Technical Project Lead and proactively engage & drive collaboration with peer Erie Claim Center (ECC) Developers within the team
• Engineering Best Practice expertise
• Ability to mentor and coach others ECC Engineers
• Understanding of relational database persistence
• Agile development practices
• Effective collaboration with different stakeholders
• Maintaining and promoting a healthy codebase and ensuring high quality of product
• Experience with multi-tiered web-based applications
• Guidewire Claim Center Integration/Configuration experience
• Knowledge and experience of Guidewire Claim Center
• 3+ years of Gosu programming language experience
• Experience in designing REST and SOAP APIs
• Preferred Guidewire certified - Configuration/Integration specialist or ACE Certified

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience working on Guidewire's Cloud Platform
• Have ACE Guidewire certification in either Configuration or Integration
• Experience leading other software engineers

Duties and Responsibilities

• Generates, reviews and debugs code/configurations that contribute to a larger product.
• Creates designs, unit tests, and code/configuration…