Senior Guidewire PolicyCenter Developer

Kemper • Jacksonville, FL

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About The Position

Kemper is seeking a Senior Guidewire PolicyCenter Developer to provide leadership in multiple areas within PolicyCenter and its integrations. This role involves technical support, development, and documentation of unit test cases, while ensuring quality and timely results. The developer will own complex technical problems, recommend process improvements, and consult with customers on application technologies. The position requires leading projects, developing technical knowledge within IT teams, and ensuring adherence to design standards and best practices.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in software development.
• Bachelor's degree, equivalent work experience, or appropriate technical certification.
• 5 years extensive experience with Guidewire Insurance Suite.
• 3 recent years of ongoing PolicyCenter 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 and knowledge of Gosu and related languages.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical support for multiple PolicyCenter 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.
• Reviews and recommends test plans for impacted areas and end-to-end test coverage.
• 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.
• Ensures 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 and plans for appropriate resources needed.
• Develops technical knowledge and performance skills of IT project teams for multiple scopes.
• Researches, evaluates, and recommends new technologies.
• Implements and supports proof-of-concept activities for new technologies.
• Develops and obtains sign-offs on technical specs, design documents, functional designs, and requirements.
• Guides teams on long-term solutions for resolving frequently occurring production problems.
• Ensures code is developed per standards with a focus on maintainability and unit test cases are documented and executed.
• Ensures that the technical design presented by the architects is followed by the software development staff.
• Ensures batch cycles are executed according to plan and defects are resolved in a timely fashion.
• Leads team in successful completion of phase gates for projects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree