Kemper-posted 4 months ago
$86,200 - $143,600/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Downers Grove, IL
5,001-10,000 employees

Kemper is seeking a Senior Guidewire BillingCenter Developer. This role provides leadership for multiple areas within BillingCenter and the associated integrations. Kemper is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers, and our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

  • Provides technical support for multiple BillingCenter functions and integrations.
  • Develops, documents and executes unit test cases.
  • Delivers quality and timely results.
  • Owns and resolves complex technical problems and issues with assigned applications and work processes.
  • Review and recommend test plans for impacted areas and end to end test coverage.
  • Complies with and supports all corporate, department and team policies and procedures.
  • Keeps manager, project teams/managers and business customers informed of activities and problems within assigned areas of responsibility.
  • Recommends improvements to existing processes or proposes new ones, to improve the quality of project deliverables.
  • Ensure reviews for quality of application software designs are scheduled and conducted.
  • Consults with internal and external customers on the utilization of applications computing technologies.
  • Leads projects across technical disciplines; plans for the appropriate resources needed.
  • Develop technical knowledge and performance skills of IT projects teams for multiple scopes.
  • Researches, evaluates and recommends new technologies independently or with the architect’s implementation.
  • Implement and support proof-of-concept activities for new technologies.
  • Develops and obtains sign offs on technical specs, design documents, functional designs and requirements.
  • Guide teams on long term solutions for resolving frequently occurring production problems.
  • Ensure code is being developed per standards with focus on maintainability.
  • Ensure that the technical design presented by the architects is followed by the software development staff.
  • Ensure batch cycles are being executed according to plan and that defects are resolved in an accurate and timely fashion.
  • Lead team in successful completion of phase gates for projects.
  • 8 years of developer experience.
  • Bachelor's degree, equivalent work experience or appropriate technical certification.
  • 5 years extensive experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite.
  • 3 recent years of ongoing BillingCenter experience.
  • P&C Non-Standard Auto Insurance experience preferred.
  • Experience in technical disciplines such as Java/Spring, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Angular, Hibernate, SQL, JSON/XML, REST Web Services, Git/SVN, Jenkins, Oracle & SQL.
  • Experience with cloud development practices.
  • Advanced certifications for coding/development.
  • Current Guidewire Certified Ace preferred.
  • Demonstrates advanced technical skills.
  • Advanced knowledge of a gosu and a good knowledge of related languages.
  • The ability to provide technical leadership on large/complex application installation, development and support projects.
  • Advanced knowledge of program design methods and techniques and standard development tools.
  • Ability to understand and identify improvement areas in architecture and integration designs.
  • Ability to teach and provide instruction to co-workers and provide feedback on progress toward goals.
  • Demonstrates excellent leadership qualities in managing the work of a team of professional employees.
  • Able to follow and create best practice development standards.
  • Worked with various project methodologies (agile and waterfall).
  • Able to translate business to technical requirements.
  • Requires minimal managerial direction.
  • Understands technical controls, security concepts and SOX requirements.
  • Qualify for your choice of health and dental plans within your first month.
  • Save for your future with robust 401(k) match, Health Spending Accounts and various retirement plans.
  • Learn and Grow with our Tuition Assistance Program, paid certifications and continuing education programs.
  • Contribute to your community through United Way and volunteer programs.
  • Balance your life with generous paid time off and business casual dress.
  • Get employee discounts for shopping, dining and travel through Kemper Perks.
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