Guidewire Software

Senior Consultant Developer (Software Developer) Consultant - Industry Innovation & Co-Development Group

Guidewire Software$95K — $119K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in technology consulting, solution development, or P&C insurance delivery with hands-on Guidewire experience.
  • Proficient in full-stack development and modern software practices like CI/CD and DevOps.
  • Experience in mentoring and assisting team members in design and documentation.
  • Strong communication skills for both technical and business audiences, including leadership.
  • Ability to translate complex requirements into actionable designs and functioning software.
  • Proven task estimation and project delivery skills with minimal guidance.
  • Comfortable working in fast-paced and innovative environments.

Responsibilities

  • Prototype and deliver Guidewire Cloud features in customer settings.
  • Collaborate directly with customers to gather use cases and validate requirements.
  • Handle the entire technology stack, from backend to frontend development.
  • Provide feedback to Solution Architects for process improvement.
  • Act as a trusted partner for customers during their transformation.
  • Lead functional and integration workstreams for design and quality assurance.
  • Mentor junior consultants on best practices and technical delivery.
  • Design solutions for medium-complexity gaps and consult stakeholders for documentation.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance to support well-being.
  • Paid time off to promote work-life balance.
  • Company-sponsored retirement plan for long-term financial health.
  • Potential eligibility for an annual bonus plan based on performance.
  • Opportunity for commissions and long-term incentive awards.
Full Job Description
Summary
Organization: Industry Innovation & Co-Development Group (InnoCoDev)
This team will operate as a dedicated strategic function within Professional Services, working closely with Product Development, Sales, and Customer Success. Our mission is to accelerate the delivery of industry-wide solutions through strategic co-development partnerships with key customers. This initiative will establish a SWAT team within Professional Services to identify, cultivate, and operationalize these partnerships, demonstrating Guidewire Professional Services' unique value proposition and capturing premium service opportunities.

Role Overview
As a Senior Solution Consultant, you'll work at the intersection of technology and customer adoption, taking a lead role in shaping how customers adopt Guidewire Cloud capabilities. You'll help ensure customers succeed by bridging business needs with solutions, mentoring junior consultants, and providing enablement support.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities
• Prototype, validate, and deliver innovative Guidewire Cloud features in real-world customer environments.
• Work directly with customers to capture use cases, requirements and validate solutions.
• Take ownership across the full technology stack, including backend and frontend development.
• Provide feedback loops to Solution Architects and Product Development for continuous improvement.
• Serve as a trusted partner to customers during their transformation journey.
• Lead functional and integration workstreams on customer engagements, taking full ownership for design, delivery, and quality.
• Mentor and coach junior consultants on Guidewire methodology, best practices, and technical delivery.
• Design and estimate solutions for medium-complexity product gaps and enhancements, consulting with business and technical stakeholders to produce design documentation.

Qualifications
• 5+ years of experience in technology consulting, solution development, or P&C insurance delivery, including at least 1 year of hands-on Guidewire implementation experience.
• Hands-on full-stack development experience, including modern software engineering practices such as CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, and packaging.
• Proven experience mentoring and assisting teammates, and contributing meaningfully to requirement and functional design documentation.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with both business and technical audiences, including project leadership stakeholders.
• Experience translating requirements into actionable solution designs, and working software.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and deliver project tasks with minimal guidance.
• Ability to balance consulting finesse with technical competency.
• Curious, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment.
• Nice to have: Guidewire Ace certification, and experience leading a functional/integration area or contributing to Inception-phase design activities on an implementation project.

Culture Fit
• Consulting versatility, communication skills, and industry empathy.
• Ownership mindset: delivery, quality, cost, scope, timeline.
• Cultural fit with InnoCoDev: empowerment, accountability, transparency, agility, risk-taking.
• Demonstrated mentorship mindset - invests in the growth of junior team members and role-models Guidewire best practices.

The Canadian CAD base salary range for this full-time position is $95,000 - $119,000. Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.

About Guidewire Software

Guidewire Software, Inc. provides software products for property and casualty insurers worldwide. The company offers Guidewire InsuranceSuite comprising Guidewire PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, and ClaimCenter applications. It also provides Guidewire InsuranceNow, a cloud-based platform, which offers policy, billing, and claims management functionality to insurers that prefer to subscribe to a cloud-based solution. In addition, the company offers Guidewire Underwriting Management, a cloud-based integrated business application; Guidewire Rating Management that enables insurers to address the pricing needs; Guidewire Reinsurance Management, a cloud-based application that helps insurers to manage their reinsurance activities; and Guidewire Client Data Management, a cloud-based application, which provides customer data management capabilities. Further, it provides Guidewire Product Content Management that provides software tools and standards-based line-of-business templates to introduce and modify products; Guidewire AppReader, a natural language processing tool; Guidewire ClaimCanvas, a claim fraud detection and investigation solution; Guidewire ClaimCenter Test Automation, a testing solution for ClaimCenter; Guidewire PolicyCenter Test Automation, a testing solution for PolicyCenter; and Guidewire DevConnect, a developer environment that offers tools to develop and support integration applications. Additionally, the company offers implementation and integration, maintenance support, and professional services, as well as Guidewire Live, a cloud-based analytics platform. It sells its products primarily through its direct sales force. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
Learn more about Guidewire Software
Size
2,942 employees
Market Cap
$5 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$21.1 million
Founded
2001
5 Year Trend
+9.8%
Revenue
$761.6 million
NASDAQ

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