Guidewire Technical Architect

Job Description 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 the pace, predictability, and affordability of solutions to help customers adopt the Guidewire platform and applications. We are looking for smart, proactive, and results-oriented Consultants to join our team in Bangalore Job Description Job Description: Architectural Vision & Technical Leadership - Define the technical architecture, roadmap and design for Guidewire PolicyCenter implementations, including on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployments, aligning with the client's enterprise architecture standards. - Develop architectural blueprints, technical roadmaps, and strategies for Guidewire PolicyCenter that support long-term business goals and evolving technology landscapes. - Evaluate new Guidewire features, modules, and industry trends (e.g., AI/ML integration, microservices, cloud-native patterns) to recommend strategic adoption. - Act as a trusted technical advisor to senior management, business stakeholders, and project teams, articulating complex technical concepts clearly - Responsible for technical solutioning, understanding the nuances of the Guidewire PolicyCenter platform to best address business requirements - Define non-functional requirements such as performance, scalability, security, availability, and disaster recovery for PolicyCenter and ensure designs meet these requirements - Provide expert technical leadership and guidance to development teams (senior developers, developers, and integrators) - Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and ensure the quality, maintainability, and performance of the codebase. Configuration - Design, develop, and maintain Guidewire PolicyCenter tailoring them to meet specific client needs and business requirements. - Work with Guidewire's proprietary language (Gosu), Page Configuration File(PCF), Activity, Underwriting rules, Plugins, Workflow, etc. - Create new data model elements and extend the existing application's data model with new properties for data persistence. - Develop a thorough understanding of the PolicyCenter data model to effectively manage and transform data within the system. - Oversee the design of user interfaces (PCFs), business rules, and workflows, ensuring alignment with user experience best practices and business processes. - Work closely with business users to understand new LOB structure and work on conceptualization , visualization and finalization of the product. Integration - Architect intricate integration solutions between PolicyCenter and various internal and external systems (e.g., policy administration, billing, CRM, external vendors, document management, data warehouses) using appropriate integration patterns and technologies (APIs, web services, messaging). - Develop and test integration interfaces to ensure data consistency and accuracy across integrated systems. - Perform comprehensive unit testing and develop GUnit tests for custom code, aiming for maximum coverage. - Understand and analyze integration requirements, propose solutions, and estimate effort. Collaboration & Stakeholder Management - Collaborate extensively with business analysts to translate complex business requirements into technical designs and architectural specifications. - Present architectural solutions and technical roadmaps to diverse audiences, including technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership. - Stay updated with the latest Guidewire product releases, features, and industry trends, and recommend their adoption where beneficial. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives in development processes and tools. - Conduct capacity planning and infrastructure sizing for Guidewire PolicyCenter deployments. - Lead knowledge sharing sessions and develop technical assets (e.g., accelerators, white papers) to build organizational Guidewire expertise - At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AIempowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes. Required Skills/Experience - 10-18 years of hands on experience working with Guidewire PolicyCenter - Must be a Guidewire Certified Ace for PolicyCenter Configuration - Minimum of two greenfield PolicyCenter implementation experience. - Experience implementing new LOB's for personal & commercial lines - Possess an in-depth understanding of the Guidewire platform, its components (UI, Data Model, Studio), out-of-the-box features, and accelerators. - Experience with Gosu, PCF, Entities, Typelists, Apache Camel, RESTful API's, Bitbucket & IntelliJ - In-depth understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles. - Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to diagnose and address technical problems and ensure the smooth operation of the PolicyCenter application - Flexibility to do shift work as needed (aligning to US colleagues/customers). - Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development methodologies - BSc in Computer Science or equivalent. - Experience with Guidewire Cloud is preferred. - Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your role as well as use data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement. 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.