Senior Java Consultant

Summary

Guidewire is expanding its Professional Services team in India with a variety of roles open in our Professional Services center. In professional services we provide implementation and production services to our customers around the world. We are constantly innovating to accelerate pace, predictability and affordability of solutions to help customers adopt the Guidewire platform and applications

We are looking for smart, proactive, and results-oriented Senior Java Consultants (Experienced Java Developers) to join our team.

As a Senior Java Consultant, you will be delivering application configuration and integration programs following Guidewire best practices in integrating our products with external applications. You will provide remote consulting support for our customers globally. Projects will vary from new customer implementations to upgrades, data migration and reporting. Your role may also involve leading a project and mentoring other junior team members. You will join a very progressive environment and have the opportunity to drive projects forward once you are up to speed on the product and comfortable in your role.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Design and Implementation: Collaborate with clients to understand their business requirements and translate them into technical solutions. Design, develop, and implement Guidewire software solutions, ensuring they meet client needs and industry standards. Lead the technical design and implementation of complex projects, ensuring alignment with client objectives and Guidewire best practices.
• Prototyping and Tooling: Innovate and create early versions of tools and features. Optimize methods for efficient production and refine solutions based on feedback and testing. Drive the development of new tools and methodologies to enhance project delivery and client satisfaction.
• Mentoring and Continuous Improvement: Mentor junior team members and guide them in developing advanced skills. Lead and promote continuous improvement initiatives within the team. Foster a culture of knowledge sharing and professional growth within the team.
• Marketplace and Upgrade Delivery: Work with the Marketplace team to develop new solutions and improve delivery processes. Innovate new ways of working to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of Upgrade and Marketplace delivery. Lead the development and implementation of new solutions for the Guidewire Marketplace.
• 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 & Functional Responsibilities

• Development: Customize Guidewire applications by writing code (typically in Gosu, a language used by Guidewire) for features that cannot be achieved through out-of-the-box configuration.

• Integration: Develop and implement integrations between Guidewire InsuranceSuite and other enterprise systems like CRM, document management systems, or third-party data providers via Cloud services such as Integration Gateway leveraging Apache Camel and RESTful APIs. Utilize the Guidewire Cloud Platform tools for building the Policy, Claims, and Billing systems of tomorrow.

• Data Migration: Develop scripts and tools to migrate data from legacy systems to Guidewire Customers Cloud solutions

• Performance Tuning: Optimize the performance of the Guidewire applications to ensure they run efficiently at scale.

• Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve technical issues encountered during implementation or post-go-live support.

• Requirement Gathering: Work closely with the client to understand their business processes, requirements, and objectives.

• Solution Design: Translate business requirements into functional specifications and design documents for the InsuranceSuite products (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter and ContactManager).

• Configuration: Use Guidewire s configuration tools such as Studio IDE based on IntelliJ to customize entity models, business rules, workflows, and user interfaces.

Required Skills/Experience (Must Have)

• 5-8 years experience with broad technical skills such as Object Oriented programming (JAVA), relational databases (data modeling/SQL), web UI (design and development), XML.

• Strong consulting skills, including problem-solving, communication proficiency, and knowledge contribution.

• Experience with Gosu, Apache Camel, JSON, RESTful APIs, Camunda Workflow, GIT, PR reviews, IntelliJ, and React.

• Proven leadership and mentoring skills, with the ability to guide and develop junior team members.

• Ability to work independently and within a team.

• Flexibility to do shift work as needed (aligning to US colleagues/customers).

• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent.

Nice to have/Bonus:

• Proficiency in Guidewire Cloud products OR another Insurance Industry Enterprise software.

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 its applicable to the position.