Senior Software Engineer
First seen by Alion on Aug 19, 2026.
Successful software engineers at Guidewire typically have :
- Enjoy working collaboratively in an empowered, small, cross-functional team
- Experience working in an agile and fast paced development environment (e.g. TDD, BDD, Agile, pair programming, etc.)
- A passion for code quality demonstrated by thorough testing
- A desire to be hands-on in designing and writing code
- Curiosity and internal motivation to constantly improve
- Ability to learn quickly in a dynamic environment
- Excellent communication skills, comfort level to speak their mind and defend ideas based on merit, yet humility and hunger to learn from others.
Key qualifications include experience with :
- Experience : 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong experience working on large scale distributed systems.
- Proficiency in Core Java and solid understanding of JavaScript / HTML5 / CSS
- Solid understanding of effective Agentic AI development patterns, particularly how to maximize the benefits of AI adoption while managing costs
- Technical design and leadership of features from inception to release
- Mentoring less experienced engineers
- Maintaining and promoting a healthy codebase and ensuring high quality of products.
- Object-Oriented Design using SOLID and Hexagonal design principles
- Understanding of relational database persistence (e.g. MySQL, Oracle)
- Familiarity with Agile development practices
- Experience designing REST or gRPC based APIs
- Familiarity with Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Unit/Integration Testing, etc
- Experience building secure software and knowledge of security practices
- Experience working with Open-Source frameworks (e.g. Spring, Jersey, Drools, others)
- Cloud Services (e.g. AWS/GCP/Azure)
- Experience with a market leading client-side framework (e.g. React, Angular) is plus.
- NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB, CouchDB) is a plus
- Insurance or financial services industry experience is a plus
Your Impact :
We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you will lead key architectural initiatives, mentor team members, and deliver high-impact features that align with our product and business goals.
Your work will drive measurable improvements in system scalability, reliability, and user experience, directly supporting Guidewires mission to empower insurers worldwide.
Over time, your influence will extend across teams, shaping the future of our technology and the broader insurance industry.
Skills
Full Stack, Java, Javascript, Agentic AI, AI Integration, MySQL, REST API, AWS, MongoDB