Applications Engineering Mgr

California Casualty Management Company

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About The Position

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Surrounded by the giants of the property and casualty insurance industry, California Casualty has stood in stark contrast to its competitors for close to eleven decades. With a mission to protect the individuals that serve our communities, and a tight-knit culture stemming from its family ownership, working for California Casualty provides caring and skilled individuals with the opportunity to put down roots and leave work knowing they’ve done more for those who do so much.
Owned and operated by the Brown family since 1914, California Casualty writes personal lines home and auto insurance for firefighters, educators, law enforcement, and nurses. In addition to its customer first focus, California Casualty also provides its group-member with unique policy features and affinity-based pricing. In line with the mission and values mentioned above, California Casualty is currently looking to add to its existing team with a new Applications Engineering Mgr and we hope that might be you!
From leading the design, development, and maintenance of our enterprise Guidewire InsuranceSuite platform, to leading a team of high-performing engineers, your work will help us continue to deliver the exceptional financial protection our group members deserve!

Requirements

• BA/BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience, specifically with the Guidewire platform in a technical leadership or manager role (Engineering Manager, Team Lead, Solutions Architect, or similar).
• 3+ years of experience in a leadership or managerial role managing AGILE engineering teams, SAFe software delivery, applying leadership best practices and driving development on the roadmap.
• 5+ years of strong experience in the Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance industry, including business processes, integrations, and domain models. Experience with Guidewire platform and related technologies (e.g., Guidewire PolicyCenter, Guidewire ClaimCenter).
• Expert-level proficiency in GOSU, Guidewire configuration, PCF screens, rules, and the Guidewire data model.
• Strong background in Java/J2EE, object-oriented design, data structures, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, message queues, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, complex querying, and database performance tuning.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps automation, and tools like Git, Jenkins, BitBucket, GitLab, or similar.
• Familiarity with containerization, monitoring, logging, and system observability.
• Ability to troubleshoot large-scale issues across platform modules, integrations, and infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

• Some experience with Jutro or modernizing Guidewire UI.
• Some experience leading cloud migration or modernization initiatives.
• Guidewire Certifications (Config/Integration/Cloud).
• Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure).

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Provides hands-on technical leadership across Guidewire applications including configuration, integrations, GOSU, Java, XML, and REST/SOAP service. Leads architecture and solution design for scalable, reliable implementations. Owns the Guidewire technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business and enterprise standards. Reviews designs, code, and integrations for quality, performance, and security. Drives engineering excellence through coding standards, testing practices, CI/CD improvements, and observability. Serves as the top escalation point for complex production issues and evaluates new technologies, cloud capabilities, and platform upgrades to improve performance and future readiness.
• Software Development: Oversees the successful delivery of Guidewire features, integrations, and enhancements across ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and BillingCenter. Ensures engineering work meets functional requirements, P&C insurance industry standards, regulatory expectations, and internal quality benchmarks. Partners with cross-functional teams—Product Managers, Functional Analysts, QA, Architecture, SMEs—to turn business requirements into actionable technical plans. Identifies and resolves technical risks early in the development cycle and ensures system stability and data integrity across all platform modules. Monitors engineering metrics such as velocity, lead time, defect trends, code quality, and DORA metrics to improve consistency and predictability.
• Project Management: Manages the planning, execution, and delivery of multiple software projects in an Agile/Scrum/SAFe environment. Manages scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and overall roadmap execution for the Guidewire domain. Facilitates clear communication across stakeholders and provides timely updates on progress, challenges, and solution paths. Partners with product leadership to create realistic release plans, prioritize work, and make data-driven decisions. Ensures all projects adhere to enterprise standards for architecture, security, data, and infrastructure.
• Staff Management: Recruits, selects, and trains employees to meet department objectives. Establishes achievable performance goals, expectations and monitors those results. Provides performance feedback, coaching, and corrective action, as needed.
• Other duties as required: Job may require fulfilling other incidental or related duties as assigned, assisting and training others, and performing duties of higher rated positions from time to time for developmental purposes.

Benefits

• The company also offers a full range of medical, financial and other benefits, including eligibility for the company’s performance sharing plan and paid time off such as holidays, vacation, sick and personal holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager