Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack + Guidewire ClaimCenter, Cloud)

Liberty Mutual Insurance•Boston, MA

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Overview Location & Work Schedule: These roles offer a hybrid work schedule (2 days onsite) and we are considering candidates based in the following locations: Portsmouth, NH, Boston, MA, Plano, TX, Indianapolis, IN and Columbus, OH with a preference towards Portsmouth and Indianapolis. We manage claims for some of the most recognizable companies throughout the US and worldwide. In our claims organization, you'll be at the heart of where insurance promises are kept - helping people embrace today and confidently pursue tomorrow. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer who loves variety, embraces new technologies, and is motivated by finding and delivering solutions to our business partners. If you excel in environments that span multiple disciplines and technologies, where you tackle a wide range of challenges, you may be the right candidate. The Senior Software Engineer will design, build, test, deploy, and support claims technology solutions. This role contributes across the full software development lifecycle, delivering new capabilities in Guidewire ClaimCenter v10.x and adjacent services, integrating with enterprise platforms, and ensuring solutions meet architecture and cybersecurity standards. We’re looking for both Guidewire ClaimCenter expertise and full stack developer experience. The Ideal Candidate You're someone who comes alive when faced with complex challenges. You don't just see obstacles, you see opportunities to apply creative solutions. You thrive on variety in your work, enjoying the challenge of working across different technologies, platforms, and disciplines. You're a quick learner who's excited to continuously expand your technical repertoire. What you’ll do As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you'll work on our cloud-based claims platform with responsibilities that scale based on your level of experience. You'll tackle diverse initiatives, from targeted enhancements to large-scale, high-visibility modernization projects.

Requirements

Owns medium-to-large features end-to-end, including design, implementation, testing strategy, and production readiness.
Leads troubleshooting and performance tuning (application and database).
Drives API/integration work (Apigee patterns, identity/security considerations).
Improves engineering practices (CI/CD, test automation, code quality) and mentors others.
Ensures established standards for observability, deployment, resiliency, and developer productivity across teams.
Partners with product, architecture, and security stakeholders; makes and communicates trade-offs clearly.
Mentors team members and ensures High-Performing Engineering standards are chosen and monitored with the team
Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean code, testing, debugging, and design.
Experience integrating systems via APIs and working with enterprise standards (security, logging, monitoring).
Ability to work in Agile teams using modern delivery practices (iteration, experimentation, continuous improvement).
Effective communication and collaboration; able to document and explain technical decisions.
Experience and openness to utilizing AI Software Development Tools (GitHub Actions Copilot etc.)
Guidewire: ClaimCenter v10.x and above (SaaS certification is a plus)
Cloud/Runtime: AWS, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Cloud Forge
Backend: Java, Spring Boot
Frontend: JavaScript and modern frameworks (React/Angular/Vue?team dependent)
API & Security: Apigee, Ping Identity
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, automation/testing tooling
Observability: Datadog, Splunk
Data: SQL Server; database design and performance optimization
AI Capabilities: MS Co-Pilot, LibertyGPT, GitHub Actions CoPilot
A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience
5+ years of software engineering experience

Nice To Haves

Guidewire ecosystem expertise beyond ClaimCenter (integration patterns, data model, upgrade experience, financial modules).
Experience with Cloud Foundry-to-Kubernetes modernization or hybrid deployments.
Advanced observability/SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets, incident postmortems).
Experience with ETL/ELT or data integration patterns adjacent to claims workflows (especially Informatica IDMC).

Responsibilities

Deliver features end-to-end: design, develop, test, deploy, and support software in an Agile product team.
Build and enhance solutions in Guidewire ClaimCenter v10.x (configuration and extensions) and related services.
Develop backend services and integrations using Java / Spring Boot, APIs, and event/integration patterns.
Create and maintain APIs and integrations using Apigee and enterprise integration standards.
Implement secure authentication/authorization patterns leveraging Ping Identity.
Design, optimize, and query data models; troubleshoot performance issues in SQL Server and application data flows.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, automation, quality gates); use developer productivity tooling such as Copilot where appropriate.
Operate and support production systems: debugging, incident support, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements.
Improve observability and operational readiness using Datadog and Splunk (metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards, alerting).
Participate in technical discovery/ideation, estimate work, write user stories/tasks, and contribute to documentation (runbooks, deployment guides, support docs).