Java Architect

Provide technical leadership and guidance. Lead the development activities of a team to deliver new features and resolve production defects. Use the knowledge you gain to guide external teams through advocacy of Guidewire Cloud's best practices and standards.

Our work is dynamic, so we look for decisive, highly skilled technical problem solvers who enjoy leading and mentoring team members. We particularly value clear and logical thinking, good communication skills, and a focus on quality. We need people who work well in both a global and local team.

The Cloud Assurance Production Services (CAPS) team provides expert Guidewire consultants to work with customer organizations as part of their post-production delivery solution. Whether it’s handling all their post-production work or with a customer/partner team, CAPS Production Services offers a reliable solution that will continue to deliver success for a customer's Guidewire Cloud deployment.

**Responsibilities**:

- Respond to, research, and accurately resolve cases of moderate to high complexity to standard and promptly
- Participate in and, over time, lead internal initiatives to develop tooling and best practices to improve efficiencies in how we support our customers.
- Provide mentoring and technical guidance to fellow CAPS team members, focusing on knowledge transfer and technical training opportunities to drive for continuous growth and improvement of the overall team.
- Able and willing to undertake occasional travel to customer sites.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Ability to work independently and within a team, providing mentoring support to other team members
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated customer management skills
- 4+ years of work experience working in a technical development environment as a lead or senior team member

**Desired Skills/Experience**:

- Software development lifecycle exposure (Agile) preferred
- Experience using software development tools like Jira or Rally
- Experience with version control systems like Git.
- Ability to prioritize work effort based on a multifaceted work environment
- Experience working with leading cloud platform Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers such as AWS or Microsoft Azure
- Understanding of relational database theory and related project experience (i.e. data modeling, normalization, OLAP theory, etc.)
- Experience in or knowledge of front-end web technologies (JavaScript, AngularJS, React) or similar
- Basic understanding of data warehousing (DW) and BI Design practice and techniques

**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 450 insurers, 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 1000+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of add-ons that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

Guidewire Software Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.