Guidewire Architect

Overview

Guidewire Architect focused on PolicyCenter, owning end-to-end technical architecture for complex, often greenfield P&C insurance implementations across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.

What you'll do

• Define and own the technical architecture, design standards, and implementation roadmap for Guidewire PolicyCenter across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid deployments, aligning with customer enterprise architectures and Guidewire best practices.
• Lead end-to-end PolicyCenter configuration and customization, including Gosu development, PCF/UI design, data model extensions, underwriting rules, workflows, and plugins.
• Architect and oversee complex integrations between PolicyCenter and enterprise systems (billing, CRM, data warehouses, external partners, document management, third-party services) using APIs, web services, and messaging patterns.
• Provide day-to-day technical leadership for cross-functional delivery teams, performing architecture and code reviews, mentoring senior developers and integrators, and driving engineering excellence and high test coverage (including GUnit).
• Collaborate with business analysts and customer stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable architectures and non-functional designs covering performance, availability, security, and disaster recovery.
• Leverage AI and automation to reduce implementation effort and time, support cloud migration and adoption, and help industrialize repeatable, high-quality delivery patterns.
• Contribute to accelerators, reference architectures, and technical white papers, and lead knowledge-sharing across Guidewire and partner teams globally.

What you'll need

• 10–18 years of hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter, including at least two greenfield PolicyCenter implementations.
• Guidewire Certified ACE for PolicyCenter Configuration, with deep knowledge of PolicyCenter UI, data model, Studio, and out-of-the-box features and accelerators.
• Strong experience with Gosu, PCF, entities, typelists, rules, workflows, plugins, and configuration for new personal and commercial lines of business.
• Proven track record architecting and delivering complex integrations using RESTful APIs, web services, messaging, and related technologies (e.g., Apache Camel, Bitbucket, IntelliJ).
• Solid understanding of object-oriented design principles, performance optimization, security best practices, and non-functional requirements design for mission-critical systems.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences and to work in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Flexibility to collaborate across time zones and shifts when needed to support customers and global teams.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role, as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Experience with Guidewire Cloud (PolicyCenter on Guidewire Cloud Platform), including cloud-native patterns, observability, and CI/CD practices.
• Background leading architecture on multiple PolicyCenter cloud or upgrade programs, especially those leveraging AI-enabled tools or automation to reduce implementation effort.
• Familiarity with other Guidewire products (ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, Analytics, or Data Platform) and with modern microservices or event-driven architectures.
• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.