Technical Lead, Digital

Job Description

Job Description

Summary

- Guidewire s Services Centre was established to help meet a growing global customer demand for expertise in implementing Guidewire s products, currently being used by customers who are household names globally.
- Guidewire is seeking a highly motivated Digital technical lead looking to work with current, leading-edge technology on challenging, customer focused consulting and implementation projects.
- Guidewires market-leading Digital products enable insurance carriers to build and implement leading-edge sales and self-service digital capabilities. These capabilities provide Agents and Policy Holders interfaces to quickly and easily create and service insurance policies.
- Each new member of the team will undergo Guidewire Digital training prior to working on a project. Mentors will also be assigned to allow new team members to develop their technical skill and learn the Guidewire SurePath Methodology and Digital Best Practices.
- Essential Duties
- Lead a team of digital developers building new, innovative user interfaces interacting with the Guidewire Cloud APIs and external systems.
- Design and document solutions which adhere to our powerful Digital out-of-the-box capabilities, ensuring an optimal time-to-market and easier future upgrades to newer versions of our products.
- Represent the development team and collaborate closely with User Experience, Business Analysts, and Guidewire InsuranceSuite implementation teams to deliver end-to-end solutions to the PC industry.
- Estimate and identify dependencies on digital projects
- Reviewing code standards, and mentoring the team
- Flexible to work shifts as required to liase with AMER/APAC Colleagues customers.
- 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 Skills:

- Minimum of 8 years professional experience
- Requirement of 2+ years experience in one or more of the following settings: 1) Working on a Guidewire suite product 2) Working on any Guidewire xEngage product 3) Knowledge of Guidewire integration capabilities and APIs
- 7+ years of software development experience using web technologies
- Highly skilled in JavaScript and React framework - 2+ years of experience with React
- Knowledge of Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) languages is required
- Experience with or willingness and ability to learn Jutro, Guidewire s design system
- Experience with HTML, CSS, SASS, and other look-and-feel technologies
- Experience with automated unit testing using Jest/Enzyme or similar frameworks
- Exposure to server-side technologies (JSON/RPC, REST)
- Experience with the complete software development lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
- Ability to write clean, modular, and well-structured code, ensuring that each component is reusable, maintainable, and easy to understand

Other Skills:

- BSc in Computer Science or equivalent from third-level or higher education institution
- Insurance industry experience required
- Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle (Agile) required
- Able to demonstrate experience with building web/mobile services and single-page applications
- Effective communication and collaboration skills and experience interacting with team members and project sponsors
- Highly motivated, result-driven, and tenacious problem solver
- Strong English skills

Nice to have:

- Exposure to Figma, Invision, Sketch, or other UX prototyping tools