Software Engineer II

Summary

As Full-Stack Software Engineer II in Guidewire’s Product Development & Operations (PDO) organization, you will build and evolve core Application Platform capabilities that power the world’s leading P&C insurers. You’ll design, develop, and operate secure, reliable, and performant services and UIs across the stack, using modern engineering practices, cloud-native architectures, and AI-Agentic development. Your work will directly advance PDO’s priorities around operational excellence, AI-infused products and platform adoption.
You will join a team that is enabling Guidewire’s enterprise customers and partners to design, configure, and execute at scale insurance products across a wide range of the P&C domain.
You’ll contribute to the development and secure, scalable cloud operations of Automation solutions like Autopilot Workflow, Business Rules, Document Processing, and Application Lifecycle Management administrative interfaces.
In doing so, you will help Guidewire transform how P&C insurers operate by combining digital, core, analytics, and AI in a cloud platform that puts customer success first.

Job Description

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and maintain complex features across the full stack (backend services and frontend applications) for Guidewire’s core Application Platform and configuration tooling.
• Apply agentic coding tools and support Guidewire's effort to dramatically accelerate development.
• Engineer for quality, scalability, availability, and security in every aspect of the platform.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure, scalable, and efficient platform capabilities that end-users love, supporting Guidewire's mission of operational excellence and transformative innovation.
• Support and mentor junior engineers, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Continuously learn about P&C insurance domain concepts, cloud-native patterns, and AI capabilities to design innovative solutions that are technically sound and industry-relevant.

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of experience building web applications or services across the stack, using at least one modern backend language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, C#, Go, or similar) and one modern frontend framework (e.g., React, Angular, or Vue).
• Strong proficiency in using Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kotlin and ability to adjust or learn other languages if needed.
• Experience with coding agentic environments (such as Claude Code, Codex, and similar tools) and automation tools.
• Strong understanding of both relational and non-relational databases and data modeling; comfort writing or reviewing queries.
• Experience building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Previous experience building on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) and container-based deployment (Docker, Kubernetes) is strongly preferred.
• Excellent ability to break down ambiguous problems, propose pragmatic solutions, and iterate quickly in a high-paced AI-assisted development environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues from different disciplines and geographies.
• A learning mindset and openness to feedback; willingness to dive into new technologies, insurance domain concepts, and evolving AI and cloud capabilities.

Our Team and PDO Priorities

• You will be part of the Product Development & Operations (PDO) organization emphasizing operational excellence, transformative innovation, and customer-centricity, with a strong focus on AI, cloud, and data platform adoption.
• The work you do in product configuration tooling will support key PDO initiatives, including:
  • Driving adoption of cloud-native capabilities and improving platform reliability, security, and gross margin through better tooling and automation.
  • Ensuring that configuration and platform tools help customers quickly realize value from capabilities like Autopilot Workflow, Business Rules, Document Processing, and robust Application Lifecycle Management administrative interfaces.

Our Culture and How We Work

• Guidewire is “utterly committed to customer success,” combining digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service.
  PDO engineers play a central role in making that mission real.
• We value determination, collaboration, continuous improvement, and bravery, and we “#StandTogether” across a global, diverse set of teams and locations.
• We embrace a flexible approach to work, with hybrid roles that combine remote focus time and in-person collaboration in our offices, which are designed to support learning, connection, and innovation.
• We conduct in-person interviews and onsite orientations for new hires, reflecting our belief in human connection and a strong, supportive onboarding experience.

This description is crafted to be inclusive and welcoming to applicants from all backgrounds. If you’re excited about the role and Guidewire’s mission, but don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply.


The US base salary range for this full-time position is $109,000 - $186,000. Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.



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 540+ insurers in 40 countries, 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 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.