Guidewire Architect (PolicyCenter, Billing Center, ClaimCenter)

Guidewire PolicyCenter Architect:

Job Purpose

Own the end-to-end technical architecture for Guidewire PolicyCenter implementations, including product model, integration strategy, cloud adoption, non-functional design, and technical governance. The role leads architecture decisions and provides client-facing technical direction across the delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the overall PolicyCenter solution architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead architecture and design workshops with business, product, and engineering stakeholders.
• Design solutions for product model, APD, rating, underwriting, and the complete policy lifecycle.
• Define integration patterns using Guidewire APIs, REST, SOAP, messaging, and external platforms.
• Establish standards for configuration, customization, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Review high-level and low-level designs and govern adherence to architecture decisions.
• Provide technical leadership, resolve complex design issues, and mentor leads and developers.
• Support Guidewire Cloud migration, upgrade, release planning, and production readiness.

Mandatory Skills

• Deep PolicyCenter configuration and architecture expertise.
• Experience on Qusar, Palisades, Olos, Niseko, or Mammoth
• Strong knowledge of product model, APD, rating, underwriting, and policy lifecycle management.
• Advanced Gosu, PCF, data model, typelists, rules, workflow, batch, and messaging.
• Strong integration architecture experience with APIs, REST, SOAP, and asynchronous patterns.
• Guidewire Cloud Platform experience.
• Commercial or Personal Lines insurance knowledge.
• Experience leading at least one full implementation, modernization, or cloud migration.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Guidewire ACE certification.
• Experience with CI/CD, observability, and cloud-native engineering practices.
• Awareness of Jutro, Guidewire EDGE, DataHub, or Guidewire Data Platform.
• Multi-XCenter experience across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, or ClaimCenter.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Guidewire certification is preferred.
• Relevant insurance domain certification is an advantage.

Core Competencies

• Architecture leadership and decision-making.
• Client communication and stakeholder management.
• Problem solving, mentoring, and technical governance.

Guidewire BillingCenter Architect:

Job Purpose

Own BillingCenter architecture and technical governance for enterprise implementations covering billing plans, invoicing, payment processing, producer management, financial integrations, and Guidewire Cloud adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Define BillingCenter solution architecture and modernization roadmap.
• Lead architecture workshops and translate business capabilities into technical designs.
• Design direct bill, agency bill, list bill, invoicing, payment, and commission solutions.
• Define delinquency, cancellation, reinstatement, and financial processing workflows.
• Design integration architecture for payment gateways, banks, policy systems, general ledger, and external services.
• Govern configuration, performance, security, auditability, and reconciliation standards.
• Review designs and mentor technical leads and developers.
• Support cloud migration, upgrades, release readiness, and production stabilization.

Mandatory Skills

• Deep BillingCenter architecture and configuration expertise.
• Experience on Qusar, Palisades, Olos, Niseko, or Mammoth
• Billing plans, payment plans, invoicing, and payment processing.
• Direct bill, agency bill, list bill, commissions, and producer management.
• Delinquency, cancellation, and reinstatement workflows.
• Advanced Gosu, PCF, data model, rules, batch, messaging, and integrations.
• Insurance financial accounting and reconciliation concepts.
• Guidewire Cloud Platform experience.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Guidewire ACE certification.
• PolicyCenter integration experience.
• CI/CD, observability, and cloud-native engineering exposure.
• Experience with multiple currencies or regional billing models.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelors degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Guidewire certification is preferred.

Core Competencies

• Architecture leadership and governance.
• Financial process understanding.
• Client communication and decision-making.

Guidewire ClaimCenter Architect:

Job Purpose

Own the end-to-end architecture for ClaimCenter implementations, including FNOL, claims lifecycle, exposure and reserve management, adjudication, litigation, recovery, integrations, and cloud modernization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define ClaimCenter solution architecture and technical roadmap.
• Lead architecture workshops for FNOL, claims, exposures, reserves, coverage, and adjudication.
• Design subrogation, recovery, litigation, and payment capabilities.
• Define integrations with policy, billing, document, payment, fraud, and external service platforms.
• Establish standards for configuration, security, performance, auditability, and maintainability.
• Review high-level and low-level designs and govern implementation quality.
• Mentor technical leads and developers and resolve complex architecture issues.
• Support Guidewire Cloud migration, upgrades, release planning, and production readiness.

Mandatory Skills

• Deep ClaimCenter architecture and configuration expertise.
• FNOL, claims lifecycle, exposures, reserves, coverage verification, and adjudication.
• Subrogation, recovery, litigation, and claims payment processes.
• Advanced Gosu, PCF, data model, rules, workflow, batch, messaging, and integrations.
• REST and SOAP web services and API architecture.
• Experience on Qusar, Palisades, Olos, Niseko, or Mammoth
• Guidewire Cloud Platform experience.
• Strong P&C claims domain expertise.

Good-to-Have Skills

• Guidewire ACE certification.
• PolicyCenter or BillingCenter integration experience.
• Fraud, document management, or payment integration experience.
• CI/CD and observability exposure.

Education and Certifications

• Bachelors degree in a relevant technical discipline.
• Guidewire certification is preferred.

Core Competencies

• Architecture leadership.
• Claims domain expertise.
• Stakeholder management and technical governance.