Job Description

Our Client is looking for a positive and collaborative Guidewire Team Lead. As a manager of the Guidewire Development team, you will be working with globally distributed teams, including business representatives, business analysts, architects, and engineers to plan, design, develop, test, and implement solutions. You will also assess Technical Debts and Priorities with the leads to make sure the solutions that are built are sustainable and are production ready. The Organization embraces a culture challenging the status quo and constantly looking to simplify processes, technology, and workflow.

This position reports to the AVP - Software Engineering.

Requirements Analysis

• Collaborate with business analysts and product owners to review the software requirements, challenge them on the business value, validate the assumptions made, influencing the stakeholders on the prioritization of the work

Solution Design & Estimation

• Create architectural diagrams, high level and detailed design documents & estimates
• Design screens, business rules, and workflow changes
• Work with project managers and product owners on alternate solutions, and adjust the solution to either fit with the given timeline or be within the budget

Coding and Peer Reviews

• Write programs, configure / package / deploy software
• Establish and follow coding standards
• Debug and unit test the code
• Perform peer code reviews
• Work with DevOps and Testers on improving automation

Coaching and Mentoring

• Mentor team members on best practices
• Coach the senior resources to become the future leaders

People Management

• Set clear goals for the team members
• Meet with the team 1-on-1 on a regular basis
• Collect feedback from stakeholders and provide feedback to the team on a regular basis
• Coach and deal with under performers
• Hire talent by conducting technical, behavioral interviews

What you\'ll bring

• Degree in Engineering or Computer Science
• 8+ years of experience in Guidewire Development, with at least 2 years managing a team
• Integrating Guidewire PC / BC / CC / CM systems with downstream systems
• Expertise in GOSU Language, configuration and coding using Guidewire tools and accelerators, Guidewire Batch, and Guidewire predefined plugins
• Read code in other languages and reverse engineer products
• Agile software development, including the use of Git, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Domain knowledge on Property & Casualty Insurance
• Other assets and nice to have:
• Guidewire certifications
• Core Java and Spring Boot
• REST APIs, web services, and messaging
• Database systems such as Oracle and Mongo

This is a Hybrid WFH role. You may work from other Provinces and go onsite to local office.

Demand For HR is an equal opportunity Recruiting Firm. We do not discriminate against gender, race, persons with disabilities or ethnical background. We thank all applicants for your interest in the roles Demand For HR is recruiting for.

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