**This is a contract role with no sponsorship option.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Guidewire Developer / Technical Lead to guide and mentor a development team working on enterprise-level insurance applications. The successful candidate will ensure efficient coding practices, alignment with out-of-the-box (OOTB) Guidewire product standards, and promote collaboration and innovation throughout the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical development team through all SDLC phases: design, development, coding, testing, and debugging.

• Write testable, scalable, efficient code while setting high-quality coding standards.

• Align solution design with Guidewire OOTB best practices, cloud standards, and ensure long-term maintainability.

• Collaborate with Guidewire support to report issues, understand digital roadmap updates, and implement features aligned with upcoming releases.

• Conduct code reviews, mentor developers, and enforce secure coding standards.

• Perform impact analyses, recommend solutions, and lead the implementation of complex enhancements.

• Develop and document technical specifications and system designs.

• Partner with architects, BAs, and stakeholders to ensure business requirements are accurately translated into technical solutions.

Required Skills & Experience:

Additional Technical Competencies:

• Guidewire Cloud Certification

• Experience with Guidewire Digital products (e.g., Customer Engage, JDP)

• Web development skills: ReactJS, Angular, NodeJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/ES6, TypeScript, JSON

• Integration: Messaging, APIs, startable plugins, web services, batch jobs

• Knowledge of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and distributed systems

• Experience with SDLC tools: JIRA, Confluence, GitHub, Bitbucket

• Familiarity with Worker Compensation lines (preferred)

• Exposure to DevOps tools and practices