Senior Developer, Guidewire Integration

Definity Insurance Company • Toronto, ON

31d • $92,000 - $142,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior GW Integration Developer, you will be able to design, develop, and
maintain integrations between Guidewire applications and external systems. The
ideal candidate will have expertise in Guidewire PolicyCenter and the associated
integration frameworks, APIs, and messaging systems within the Property &
Casualty (P&C) insurance domain.

Your leadership and deep architectural knowledge will empower Definity to unlock
the full potential of GW InsuranceSuite applications, delivering innovative and
scalable solutions that provide a strategic advantage for our colleagues and
customers.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Guidewire (PolicyCenter, BillingCenter) with a focus on Integrations.
• Strong hands-on experience with: Guidewire Integration Framework, Gosu programming, SOAP/REST APIs and web services, XML/XSD/JSON, Messaging Systems (MQ, Kafka)
• A profound understanding of platform integration patterns and APIs, with proven experience architecting and leading the integration of multiple complex systems.
• The ability to own and lead solution discussions, make critical technical decisions, and develop technical solutions with minimal guidance.
• Superior verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with project problem diagnosis, solution development, facilitation of decision making, documentation, and managing stakeholder expectations.
• Understanding of P&C Insurance domain.
• Guidewire Certification (Specialist or higher)

Nice To Haves

• Nice to have exposure on Guidewire cloud solutions such as Cloud APIs, APD, IG App, App Events.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement new Guidewire integrations, participating in design discussions, solutioning for target state as well as perform hands-on development.
• Modernize legacy integrations via microservices based solutions and architecture.
• Work with business subject matter experts and business analysts to design and develop an approach for the integration, effort estimation and build design documents
• Design, develop, configure and unit test InsuranceSuite integration enhancements and support defect resolution during testing phase.
• Help with production support for the platform by analyzing logs and identifying potential problems and defects, and root cause analysis of problems for the highly available business solution
• Support all the above in a fast-paced, exciting environment while supporting regular release rollouts into the Production environment
• Follow design and development procedures, processes, standards and tools that align to Definity’s methodology and best practices
• Apply industry standards and technical expertise to provide sound solutions that increase business results and/or minimize business and technical risk
• Assists in the translation of requirements into a story map
• Ensure that software designs and coding practices result in a high-quality product that follows Definity’s architectural principles and direction and meets both functional and non-functional requirements
• Follow secure coding and Guidewire best practices
• Ensures that projects are completed on time
• Participate in regular, constructive peer code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and knowledge sharing

Benefits

• Hybrid work schedule for most roles
• Company share ownership program
• Incentive Program - Eligible employees may participate in various incentive plans which are paid out at the discretion of the company and subject to individual and company performance.
• Pension and savings programs, with company-matched RRSP contributions
• Paid volunteer days and company matching on charitable donations
• Educational resources, tuition assistance, and paid time off to study for exams
• Focus on inclusion with employee groups, support for gender affirmation surgery, access to BIPOC counsellors, access to programs for working parents
• Wellness and recognition programs
• Discounts on products and services

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed