IND Lead Software Engineer

IND Lead Software Engineer - GCC026
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Job Description: Software Engineer Guidewire Policy Center
Location: Hyderabad, India
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 8-10 years
About The Company
Our client is a leader in property and casualty insurance, employee benefits and mutual funds. One of the largest insurers in the United States with many decades of expertise, this company is widely recognized for its service excellence, sustainability practices, trust and integrity.
Position Overview
We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Guidewire Policy Center Developer to join our technology team based in Hyderabad, India. The ideal candidate will possess in-depth knowledge of Guidewire Policy Center implementations and configurations, with a strong understanding of P&C insurance domain processes. Familiarity with working in Agile development environments is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
·         Estimate, design, build, test and deliver high quality code.
·         Responsible for End-to-End solution involving multiple platforms and business solutions within Guidewire Policy Center, Java, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring integrations, JPA.
·         Provide technical leadership in Scrum Teams by enforcing the vision of the application architecture and safeguard the integrity of the application environment, in alliance with architects and other tech leads
·         Function as the go-to technical leader for the software applications supported, requiring depth and breadth of knowledge in technologies, applications, integration, interfaces and business domain
·         Understand and implement the overall technical vision for projects, programs, or systems, keeping in mind cross-functional impacts, integration across the organization and architecture rationalization
·         Proactively address technical issues and risks that could impact schedule and/or budget
·         Collaboration with teams to identify opportunities for integration across tools used in the life cycle, including agile, test automation, platform configuration management, and drive efficiencies.
·         Mentor team members (including Sourcing Partners) to enforce development guidelines and best practices
·         Work closely with stakeholders to design and document automation solutions that align with the business needs and also consistent with the architectural vision
·         Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
·         High level of independence but is also a team player
·         Ability to provide concise, transparent communications about potential risks, mitigations and business impacts in a timely manner.
·         Build and implement capabilities for continuous integration and continuous delivery aligned with Enterprise DevOps practices.
·         Accountable for team development and pipeline tool decisions.
·         Accountable for Software engineering practices e.g. Source code management, branching, issue tracking etc., followed for the product
·         Ability to understand technology trade off risks and rewards for the best customer value delivery.
·         Takes ownership to drive innovation for effectively leveraging technology to solve the customer problem.

Qualifications:
·         Bachelor's Degree plus 6-9 years of experience in application software solution development and execution skills for introducing evolving architecture
·         Hands-on experience with Java and J2EE technologies, such as Java Web Services, JMS, JSP, XML, JSON, JDBC etc.
·         6-9 years experience in building API/Web Services (SOAP and Rest), Springboot, Spring, JPA etc.
·         2-4 years experience in Guidewire Policy center Integration (preferred)
·         1-2 years of experience with containerization
·         1-2 years experience in File Formatting API such as Aspose.
·         Experience with mainframe integration
·         Experience in deploying the application with Application Servers and Web Servers.
·         Assist in configuring Virtual Environments and the setup of the E2E integration in lower environments
·         Experience with continuous integration and DevOps methodologies, preferred tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Rally, SonarQube, Liquibase etc.
·         Familiar with Agile methodology
What We Offer
·         Opportunity to work on cutting-edge Guidewire implementation.
·         Collaborative work culture with Agile methodologies.
·         Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
·         Continuous learning and career advancement opportunities

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