Senior Staff Engineer - Guidewire

Job Description

A new role can expand your knowledge and your network, and help you learn more about our business. If you think this opportunity is a fit for your career you should apply. If you are not sure you can have a conversation with your manager.

The Hartford is seeking a highly motivated Guidewire (PolicyCenter) Technical Lead Software Engineer. Our ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership skills, proficiency in managing matrix technical teams, technical acumen, and is experienced in delivering quality technical solutions as well as setting and executing on a strategic technical vision. Strong candidates will balance their Guidewire PolicyCenter Development experience with strong interpersonal/communication skills, and leverage their ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

Provide technical leadership, enforcing the vision of the application architecture and integrity of the application environment in alliance with architects and other tech leads

Participate in development; oversees code reviews and sets standards for development practices

Partners with the project team to provide estimates, quality and accuracy of technical designs, build and implementation.

Understand and implement the overall technical vision for projects, programs and systems, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization and architecture rationalization. Mentor, coach and train team members and peers, both internal and vendor partners, to enforce development guidelines and best practices.

Work closely with the architecture team to ensure that the technical solution designs and implementation are consistent with the architectural vision.

Develop code that conforms to The Hartford coding standards and industry best practices.

Work closely with development team, BA's, App managers, QA test leads and architects using Agile methodology.

Oversee technical deliverables, coaching and mentoring of junior developers and provide technical leadership for same.

Understand and implement the overall technical vision for projects, programs, or systems, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization and architecture rationalization.

Qualifications:

5+ years experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter configuration and integration development using GOSU with PolicyCenter v 7.0/8.0/10.

5+ years of experience developing web based Java/J2EE or .Net applications.

Experience leading software development teams.

Bachelor's degree in computer Science or related field.

Hands-on experience with Java and J2EE technologies, such as, Java Web Services, JMS, JSP, XML,JSON, JDBC etc.

Experience with Web Services (SOAP and Rest)

Experience with Spring Batch/Boot a plus.

Experience with containerization and experience in cloud infrastructure environments like Openshift AWS, Azure is an advantage

Experience working in the security domain a plus.

Experience with Oracle and SQL Server relational database technologies.

Knowledge of open source database technologies is beneficial

Experience with JBoss

Experience with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, preferred tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Rally, SonarQube etc.

Familiar with Agile methodology

Demonstrate skills in shaping and leading development of technical specifications

Strong problem solving and analysis skills

Demonstrated ability to complete tasks within established timelines

Strong relationship building skills