Senior Guidewire InsuranceNow Developer – Homeowners LOB
Role Summary
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Guidewire InsuranceNow Developer with strong hands-on experience in Guidewire InsuranceNow implementations and deep functional/technical exposure to the Homeowners line of business. The ideal candidate will have proven experience designing, configuring, developing, and supporting InsuranceNow solutions across policy administration workflows and integrations in a P&C insurance environment.
This is a fully onsite role, requiring close collaboration with business stakeholders, product owners, QA teams, architects, and client leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, configure, develop, and support solutions within Guidewire InsuranceNow for the Homeowners LOB.
- Work on core policy lifecycle transactions such as submission, quote, issuance, endorsement/policy change, cancellation, reinstatement, renewal, rewrite, and related servicing workflows.
- Configure and enhance InsuranceNow components including business rules, tasks, forms, validations, workflows, UI/portal elements, and data model/bean structures.
- Build, enhance, and troubleshoot integrations between InsuranceNow and external/internal systems using REST APIs, JSON, web services, and related interface patterns.
- Collaborate with business analysts and underwriting/product teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Participate in design reviews, development, code reviews, defect triage, unit testing, deployment support, and production issue resolution.
- Ensure solutions align with insurance product requirements, regulatory considerations, and enterprise architecture standards.
- Support onsite workshops, requirement discussions, sprint ceremonies, and technical walkthroughs with client stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Strong hands-on experience in Guidewire InsuranceNow development/configuration.
- Proven experience in P&C insurance, specifically the Homeowners line of business.
- Strong understanding of Homeowners product workflows, rating/form interactions, underwriting rules, and policy lifecycle events.
- Experience working on InsuranceNow configuration, rules, tasks, UI/portal components, forms, and integrations.
- Strong experience with Java / J2EE, JavaScript, JSON/XML, and API/integration development.
- Experience with REST/SOAP services, third-party system integrations, and troubleshooting interface issues.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery, SDLC practices, version control, and production support.
- Excellent communication skills with prior client-facing / onsite stakeholder collaboration experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience supporting carriers focused on Homeowners insurance and regional/state-specific product implementations.
- Exposure to insurance compliance, forms, document generation, and rating validation.
- Experience with cloud environments, CI/CD, and test/support coordination across distributed teams.
