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Senior Platform Engineer
- DepartmentProduct Development and Operations
- LocationUnited States - San Mateo, CA
- Location TypeHybrid
Embark on a transformative career as a Guidewire Cloud Platform Software Engineer, where you will be at the forefront of revolutionizing how business leverage cloud technologies. We are seeking talented individuals to join our innovative team, where your expertise will be instrumental in designing, implementing, and optimizing robust cloud solutions.
Guidewire provides outstanding software for the second-largest financial services industry in the world: insurance. We deliver the core applications that Property and Casualty (P/C) insurers use to build their products, sell policies, settle claims, and bill their customers. We deliver SaaS solutions via Guidewire Cloud that enable our customers to rapidly innovate and drive measurable value.
- Develop Multi-Tenant Cloud Platform that caters to running all Guidewire applications and services (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/guidewire-cloud-why-hybrid-tenancy-is-the-right-choice-56a0ff176032, https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/guidewire-cloud-why-hybrid-tenancy-is-the-right-choice-part-2-of-2-ba22c9888bb8
- Deeply involved in design and development of GWCP/ATMOS - infrastructure as code using technologies such as EKS (Kubernetes), Terraform, Golang. In addition handle Observability of the Platform (logs, metrics and traces). (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/log-management-and-guidewire-cloud-platform-observability-73a033a34e9a)
- Design and develop Platform services that solves problems such as Developer Experience, Authentication, Authorization using Java, Spring Boot
- Engineer quality, scalability, availability, and security into your code
- Employ TDD - Test driven development, to protect your products with the assurances of automated testing with Test first culture
- Deploy containerized applications to AWS through your Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment
- Enjoy work as you solve problems daily by working with highly skilled team members in a pairing culture (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cloud-common-services-engineer-c67cf3debc57)
What you bring to Guidewire:
- Strong Programming and software development skills in one or more of the following frameworks & languages: Java / Golang / Python / equivalent
- Container technologies: Docker / equivalent in a Cloud ecosystem
- Team first attitude, coupled with curiosity, high potential to learn new technologies and gain strong technical skills
- Comfort working in an agile, social and fast-paced environment
Nice to Have
- Advocate of cloud platforms (like Kubernetes / Mesos / Cloud Foundry / OpenShift, AWS / GCP / Azure, Serverless)
- Prior experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management, using tools like Terraform and Ansible
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot programming skills with Linux ecosystem
- BS/MS degree (Computer Science or Math) or equivalent level of proven professional proficiency
What you should know about this role:
- This is an office-based position with the flexibility to WFH as applicable
- This position regularly involves pair programming.
Be Yourself & Stay Clever
At Guidewire, we value autonomy, empowerment, and inclusivity, which is why we want each of our employees to be heard and celebrated. We’re in the business of uplifting people, so they can fulfill their goals and ambitions. So, there’s plenty of time and space for you to broaden your skills and experience.
If we've got you excited and you’re ready for a career upgrade, then we're eager to hear from you! Get in touch to learn more about the Guidewire team you’ll work with.
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Salary Information
Salary Range: $125000 - $175000 per yearOur salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.
Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to Accommodations@guidewire.com. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail Accommodations@guidewire.com to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.
Talent rewards
The perks. The rewards. The good stuff.
We’re proud to shout about our awesome benefits packages. Holistic wellness is a big deal for us. We offer everything you need to support your work and, most importantly, your work-life balance. We’re committed to helping you be the best version of yourself. Inside and outside of work.
FINANCIAL
Receive market-competitive pay and incentive programs—because you deserve it! To help future-proof your income, we offer generous support through retirement savings plans.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Keep your physical and emotional health in tip-top shape with health insurance for you and your family, an employee assistance program, annual wellness reimbursement, and access to wellness resources.
FLEXIBLE WORKING
Work in an environment where you’ll have the freedom and trust to make an impact, with time for your life outside of work.
DOWNTIME
Relax and kick back through our generous paid time-off programs. Make a difference in your community with three volunteer days each year. Take your own personal day of rest with My Day. We also offer ample paid leave for all new parents.
CONTINUAL DEVELOPMENT
We encourage self-directed learning, giving you every chance to become a better version of yourself, both professionally and personally. At Guidewire, lifelong learning is here for the taking.
CAREER MOBILITY
Your career opportunities are only limited by your own imagination. Guidewire’s community is filled with chances to expand your horizons across any of our teams or worldwide locations.