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Senior Software Engineer - Application Platform

Guidewire · United States - San Mateo, CA · On-site

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About Guidewire

Elevate your P&C insurance with Guidewire's industry-leading software! Streamline workflows, enhance customer experience, and drive growth. Learn more today! Backed by Battery.

About the role

Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of Guidewire's application platform, primarily focusing on backend services but with flexibility to occasionally work with infrastructure and frontend. Apply agentic coding tools and support Guidewire's effort to dramatically accelerate development.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with a solid track record in system design and building platform services
  • Experience with coding agents and automation tools
  • Strong proficiency in one of Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, with ability to adjust to other languages
  • Experience building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills
  • Experience with Kubernetes and infrastructure as code
More about this role

Join Guidewire as a Senior Software Engineer, Application Platform, and be part of the team building our next-generation platform. This platform provides the essential tools, services, and infrastructure that power modern insurance applications. You will be a key contributor on this platform, using AI coding tools to design and build core services that power developer experience, ensuring quality, scalability, and security. This is a senior, onsite, full-time role based in the United States.

You will play an important role in delivering operational excellence and transformative innovation for Guidewire's Product Development & Operations (PDO) organization. Our priorities include accelerating cloud and data platform adoption, and ensuring our solutions deliver measurable value and efficiency for customers. At Guidewire, you'll contribute to a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer-centricity, helping transform the way the world's P&C insurers do business.

Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of Guidewire's application platform, primarily focusing on backend services but with flexibility to occasionally work with infrastructure and...

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