Software Engineer 2

• Analyze product requirements and translate them into functional definitions, software designs for the InsuranceNow product. 

• Partner with Infosec teams to implement the Secure SDLC, ensure the designs meet robust security standards, code passes all security scans, and penetration tests. 

• Leverage AI agentic tools for code development, analyze application logs, and look for opportunities to automate development tasks to achieve higher quality and efficiency. 

• Develop product features and write automated tests, with most of the time going to be hands-on coding. 

• Contribute to the continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipelines for InsuranceNow services. 

• Support the scalability, availability, and data security of InsuranceNow’s product services. 

• Closely work with Product Operations and Customer Support teams to enable them to provide top notch customer experience of the product. 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product management, QA, operations, and domain experts) to deliver product enhancements that drive measurable customer value. 

• Embrace Guidewire’s values of collegiality, integrity, and rationality, contributing to a culture that is customer-focused and innovation-driven. 

What you'll bring:

• 2–5 years of experience using Java and object-oriented programming.

• Familiarity with Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Unit Testing, and related engineering practices.

• Solid understanding of SQL and relational databases.

• Past experience with optimization of DB schema, SQL queries by analyzing query plans, DB server configuration tweaks is highly desirable.

• Experience with developing RESTful APIs, supporting developer community on using APIs is highly desirable

• AWS Cloud services knowledge is highly desirable.

• Understanding of Single-Sign-On (SSO), SAML, and authentication/authorization concepts is a big plus.

• Willingness to learn the insurance domain; prior insurance experience is not required.

Successful software engineers at Guidewire typically:

• Want to work collaboratively in small, empowered, cross-functional teams.

• Are committed to writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code and collaborating effectively with geographically distributed teams and domain experts.

• Have experience in agile development environments (e.g., TDD, agile practices, pair programming).

• Show curiosity and internal motivation to constantly improve their skills and the product.

• Communicate clearly, are comfortable speaking their mind and sharing ideas based on merit, and at the same time bring humility and a hunger to learn from others.