Guidewire Software

Senior Software Engineer

Guidewire Software$132K — $165K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience with SaaS or enterprise web applications in production
  • Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and AWS
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and observability tools
  • Proven ability to design scalable systems
  • Commitment to software engineering best practices
  • Excellent communication skills for diverse audiences
  • Curiosity to adopt new technologies and innovations

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship high-quality, well-tested code
  • Shape system architecture and technical standards
  • Implement new platform capabilities and improve existing systems
  • Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability for growing demands
  • Enhance CI/CD processes and deployment practices
  • Mentor teammates and provide technical guidance
  • Contribute actively to the engineering culture and continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Health and wellness benefits
  • Paid time off, including volunteer time
  • Market-competitive pay and incentives
  • Opportunities for continuous development and career growth
  • In-person orientation to integrate new hires into the culture
Full Job Description
Summary
We are growing our engineering team and are looking for an experienced, product-minded Senior Software Engineer to help build and scale our platform. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys ownership, values clean and reliable systems, and thrives in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.
Our technology stack includes Python, FastAPI, TypeScript, React, and AWS.

Job Description

What You'll Do
  • Design, build, and ship well-tested, high-quality code across both front-end and back-end services.
  • Take a leading role in shaping system architecture, technical standards, and long-term platform direction.
  • Design and implement new platform capabilities and continuously improve existing systems.
  • Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability as our customer base and data volumes grow.
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and observability to support rapid and safe iteration.
  • Review code, mentor teammates, and provide technical guidance to elevate engineering quality across the team.
  • Actively contribute to our engineering culture through shared learning, technical discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • 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 Bring
  • 8+ years of experience building, shipping, and operating SaaS or enterprise web applications in production environments.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with experience working across modern web stacks.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating platform software using Kubernetes, and cloud-native services, ideally on AWS.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and observability tooling.
  • Proven ability to design systems or lead technical initiatives that have successfully scaled in production.
  • Deep commitment to software engineering best practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, and clean, maintainable code.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • A continuous-learning mindset and curiosity to evaluate and adopt new tools or technologies when they deliver meaningful value.
  • 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.


We value engineers who take ownership, collaborate openly, and are motivated by building systems that make a real impact for users.

What's in It for You

The people we employ give their all, and in return, we offer flexibility wherever we can, such as:
  • Flexible work environment
  • Health and Wellness benefits
  • Paid time off programs including volunteer time off
  • Market-competitive pay and incentive programs
  • Continual development and internal career growth opportunities
  • All new hires participate in our in-person orientation process to ensure a strong start and connection to our culture.


On the ProNavigator team at Guidewire, we're tackling unique and complex challenges every day. You'll collaborate closely with talented colleagues as we build a leading-edge platform and help our clients do their best work. Our culture is grounded in hard work, creativity, collaboration, and high performance. We're looking for teammates who are curious, willing to try new things, comfortable sharing their opinions, able to move fast, and eager to think creatively.

About ProNavigator

Founded in 2019, ProNavigator helps insurance organizations centralize, manage, and deliver on-demand information to insurance professionals. We pioneered the first knowledge management platform purpose-built for insurance. Today, more than 10,000 users across underwriting, claims, operations, brokers, and agents rely on ProNavigator every day to find accurate answers in seconds.

Now part of Guidewire, ProNavigator has an even greater opportunity to impact the insurance industry on a global scale; bringing the innovative platform we've built to new markets, accelerating our mission and taking on even more ambitious challenges.
The Canadian CAD base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000 - $165,000 . 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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