Technical Lead, Digital

Job Description

Summary

• Guidewire s Services Centre was established to help meet a growing global customer demand for expertise in implementing Guidewire s products, currently being used by customers who are household names globally.
• Guidewire is seeking a highly motivated Digital technical lead looking to work with current, leading-edge technology on challenging, customer focused consulting and implementation projects.
• Guidewires market-leading Digital products enable insurance carriers to build and implement leading-edge sales and self-service digital capabilities. These capabilities provide Agents and Policy Holders interfaces to quickly and easily create and service insurance policies.
• Each new member of the team will undergo Guidewire Digital training prior to working on a project. Mentors will also be assigned to allow new team members to develop their technical skill and learn the Guidewire SurePath Methodology and Digital Best Practices.
• Essential Duties
• Lead a team of digital developers building new, innovative user interfaces interacting with the Guidewire Cloud APIs and external systems.
• Design and document solutions which adhere to our powerful Digital out-of-the-box capabilities, ensuring an optimal time-to-market and easier future upgrades to newer versions of our products.
• Represent the development team and collaborate closely with User Experience, Business Analysts, and Guidewire InsuranceSuite implementation teams to deliver end-to-end solutions to the PC industry.
• Estimate and identify dependencies on digital projects
• Reviewing code standards, and mentoring the team
• Flexible to work shifts as required to liase with AMER/APAC Colleagues customers.
• Product Expertise: Learn and master your assigned Guidewire product and pass the required Guidewire certification as a Subject matter expert within the expected timeframe.

Technical Skills:

• Minimum of 8 years professional experience
• Requirement of 2+ years experience in one or more of the following settings: 1) Working on a Guidewire suite product 2) Working on any Guidewire xEngage product 3) Knowledge of Guidewire integration capabilities and APIs
• 7+ years of software development experience using web technologies
• Highly skilled in JavaScript and React framework - 2+ years of experience with React
• Knowledge of Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) languages is required
• Experience with or willingness and ability to learn Jutro, Guidewire s design system
• Experience with HTML, CSS, SASS, and other look-and-feel technologies
• Experience with automated unit testing using Jest/Enzyme or similar frameworks
• Exposure to server-side technologies (JSON/RPC, REST)
• Experience with the complete software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Ability to write clean, modular, and well-structured code, ensuring that each component is reusable, maintainable, and easy to understand

Other Skills:

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent from third-level or higher education institution
• Insurance industry experience required
• Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle (Agile) required
• Able to demonstrate experience with building web/mobile services and single-page applications
• Effective communication and collaboration skills and experience interacting with team members and project sponsors
• Highly motivated, result-driven, and tenacious problem solver
• Strong English skills

Nice to have:

• Exposure to Figma, Invision, Sketch, or other UX prototyping tools