Guidewire Developer II

Brotherhood Mutual Careers•Fort Wayne, IN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Guidewire Developer II participates, with limited supervision, in enhancing, developing, and supporting the Guidewire Insurance Suite, including PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, ContactManager, and digital portals. The role develops, tests, and documents features for core insurance systems and provides technical support. It also configures and coordinates integrations between custom applications and Guidewire InsuranceSuite. The position provides intermediate- to advanced-level development and support for at least one Guidewire application. It works from business requirements, follows coding standards, contributes to team development practices, and creates functional and technical documentation. The developer also works on data models, application configurations and upgrades, testing, defect resolution, and QA automation support. The role participates in Agile team activities and communicates with project managers, colleagues, and customers. The position is based at the Corporate Office in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The job description also states that employees in this role must be familiar with church operations and conduct themselves in a manner that does not alienate or offend people within the company’s church and related ministries market.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Information Technology or an equivalent degree.
Three or more years developing software or web applications, including experience with an object-oriented language.
Working knowledge of at least one object-oriented programming language.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong creative problem-solving skills and the ability to work successfully on multiple projects simultaneously.
Detail-oriented, able to work well as a team member, and proven ability to learn and adapt.
Familiarity with church operations and ability to conduct oneself in a manner that does not alienate or offend people within the company’s target market.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or an equivalent degree.
Three or more years working with Gosu, Java, SQL, SOAP or RESTful web services, JavaScript, XML, and Git or a similar version control/source code management tool.
Exposure to and understanding of the insurance or financial industry.
Understanding of all aspects of the software development life cycle, including requirements, analysis, design, implementation, testing, and documentation.
Understanding of Agile and Iterative Development execution models.

Responsibilities

Provide intermediate- to advanced-level support and development for at least one Guidewire application.
Complete development tasks based on business requirements, following best-practice coding techniques and standards, and provide effort estimates when requested.
Initiate and participate in pair-programming, coaching sessions, and code reviews with team members.
Develop and maintain functional specification and technical design documents.
Work independently to solve complex problems.
Create new data model elements and extend the existing data model with new properties.
Assist in managing application configurations and participate in Guidewire application upgrades.
Perform unit testing and resolve defects to support quality feature delivery.
Support and assist QA automated testing efforts.
Participate in daily scrums and communicate effectively with project managers, peers, and customers.
Complete other projects as assigned.
Configure and coordinate integration of custom applications with Guidewire InsuranceSuite.