Senior Full Stack Engineer - PricingCenter

Guidewire Software•Toronto, ON

24d•CA$126,000 - CA$157,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As our engineering organization expands, we are seeking a product-focused Senior full-stack engineer to drive the growth and evolution of our products. This position is ideal for an experienced professional who prioritizes clean, reliable systems and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced setting with a strong sense of ownership.

Requirements

Full-stack development: Hands-on experience in building and deploying end-to-end web applications, utilizing modern frontend tools like React and TypeScript, combined with Python-based backend APIs and major cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
7+ years of relevant professional experience in software development.
Experience with some of the following: FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, Celery.
Practical experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices and tools (TeamCity, Git-based workflows).
Strong foundation in Algorithms, Data Structures, and performance optimization techniques for scalable applications.
Experience with relational databases (like Postgres) and familiarity with NoSQL databases (like Redis) is an advantage.
Proactive mindset for learning new technologies, robust work ethic, commitment to resolving technical challenges, and responsibility.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI development tools (Claude, Copilot).
Data engineering background or interest, familiarity with NumPy, pandas, Polars is a plus.
Experience with Tanstack, React Hook Form, Vite is a plus.

Responsibilities

Execute full-stack engineering tasks utilizing Python (RESTful APIs using Flask and FastAPI with extensive use of SQLAlchemy and Pydantic), React and TypeScript.
Design and build proprietary solutions involving insurance pricing algorithms, modeling, and data visualizations.
Partner with product management to convert business needs into secure, high-quality production features, applying professional judgment to choose appropriate tools and architectural patterns.
Manage the full development lifecycle: analyze requirements, architect solutions, conduct spikes, develop PoCs, and deploy scalable, thoroughly tested production code.
Maintain and refine existing applications to ensure consistent alignment with established SLOs.
Participate in agile ceremonies, contribute to RFC/ADR documentation, and perform peer code reviews to maintain high engineering standards.
Enhance observability and reliability of applications/components by implementing logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting that support incident triage, root‑cause analysis, and continuous improvement.