Job Title: Guidewire Architect

Position: Manager Consulting Expert

Experience: 15+ Years

Category: Software Development/ Engineering

Shift: General

Main location: Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad

Position ID: J0626-2418

Employment Type: Full Time

Education Qualification: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or higher with minimum 2 years of relevant experience.

Position Description

We are seeking an experienced and technically visionary Guidewire Architect to lead the design, development, and technical governance of our Guidewire implementation programs [PolicyCenter / ClaimCenter / BillingCenter]. In this role, you will be responsible for translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and high performing technical solutions. You will lead our transition to/management of Guidewire Cloud, design complex integrations, and mentor our engineering teams to ensure adherence to coding and architectural best practices.

You will act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, communicating proposed solutions through the lens of operational and business impact.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

Solution Architecture: Design end to end technical solutions within the Guidewire suite, balancing custom Gosu development with out of the box (OOTB) capabilities to minimize technical debt.

. Integration Design: Architect robust, secure,



and scalable integrations between Guidewire and internal/external third party systems using REST APIs, SOAP, messaging queues, and middleware.

. Cloud Strategy: Lead technical initiatives related to Guidewire Cloud Platform (GWCP), including cloud migrations, upgrades, and optimizing cloud native architectures.

. Technical Governance: Define technical standards, conduct code and architecture reviews, and ensure the development team follows Guidewire best practices.

. Performance Tuning: Identify and resolve system performance bottlenecks, ensuring high availability and reliability of the Guidewire application.

. Mentorship: Serve as a technical leader, coaching and mentoring Senior/Junior Developers, Tech Leads, and QA engineers.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

15+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years of hands on experience in Guidewire Configuration and Integration.

. 3+ years of experience specifically in a Technical or Solution Architect role.

. Deep technical expertise in Gosu, Java, Web Services (REST/SOAP), XML, JSON, and CI/CD pipelines.

. Proven experience with Guidewire Cloud deployments and upgrades.

. Active Guidewire Certifications are highly recommended.

. Robust communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical trade offs to IT leadership.

Skills:

- Communication
- Guidewire
- Performance Tuning
- Solutions Architecture
- Technical Architecture

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