- Location
- Bengaluru Office, India
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- Senior
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Source
- Workday
Description
Summary
Join Guidewire’s Product Development and Operations (PDO) team in Bengaluru, where we build and operate the industry’s most trusted cloud platform for P&C insurance. Our team is dedicated to delivering innovative, scalable, and secure solutions that empower insurers worldwide. We thrive in a collaborative, agile environment, leveraging modern technologies and a pairing culture to drive continuous improvement and customer success.As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and developing Guidewire’s multi-tenant cloud platform. You’ll tackle complex engineering challenges, contribute to the evolution of our cloud infrastructure, and help shape the future of insurance technology. This is an opportunity to work with cutting-edge tools, solve impactful problems, and be part of a team that values curiosity, learning, and technical excellence.
Job Description
What you’ll do
Develop Multi-Tenant Cloud Platform that caters to running all Guidewire applications and services (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/guidewire-cloud-why-hybrid-tenancy-is-the-right-choice-56a0ff176032, https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/guidewire-cloud-why-hybrid-tenancy-is-the-right-choice-part-2-of-2-ba22c9888bb8
Deeply involved in design and development of GWCP/ATMOS - infrastructure as code using technologies such as EKS (Kubernetes), Terraform, Golang. In addition handle Observability of the Platform (logs, metrics and traces). (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/log-management-and-guidewire-cloud-platform-observability-73a033a34e9a)
Design and develop Platform services that solves problems such as Developer Experience, Authentication, Authorization using Java, Spring Boot
Engineer quality, scalability, availability, and security into your code
Employ TDD - Test driven development, to protect your products with the assurances of automated testing with Test first culture
Deploy containerized applications to AWS through your Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment
Enjoy work as you solve problems daily by working with highly skilled team members in a pairing culture (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cloud-common-services-engineer-c67cf3debc57)
At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.
What you’ll bring
Required
Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
10+ years of experience in SaaS/PaaS environments for large-scale enterprise applications.
Strong programming skills in Java, Golang, Python, or equivalent.
Experience with container technologies (Docker or equivalent) in a cloud ecosystem
Expertise in cloud platforms (Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Serverless) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible).
Proficiency with Linux and the Java/Spring Boot ecosystem.
Team-first attitude, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for learning new technologies.
Comfort working in an agile, fast-paced, and collaborative environment.
Preferred
Experience with observability tools and log management in distributed systems.
Familiarity with security best practices in cloud environments.
Your Impact
We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you’ll lead the design and implementation of key platform features, drive improvements in cloud infrastructure, and mentor team members in best practices. Your work will directly support Guidewire’s mission to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative solutions for the world’s leading insurers. Over time, your contributions will influence the direction of our platform and the success of our customers globally.
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.