Guidewire Software

Software Engineer - AI Platform, Business Technology

Guidewire Software$109K — $186K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 3+ years of engineering experience building and operating production systems or platforms.
  • Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python or Java).
  • Hands-on experience building full-stack web applications using modern frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, Angular).
  • Experience with AWS, containers/Kubernetes, and modern DevSecOps tools.
  • Practical experience with secure integrations using OAuth and identity management.
  • Ability to collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate core AI platform services for secure access to AI tools and agents.
  • Create AI-powered full-stack applications with seamless integrations and a user-friendly experience.
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to translate technical requirements into secure production features.
  • Engineer secure integrations using Python, focusing on security and compliance standards.
  • Enhance observability and reliability of AI platform components through robust monitoring systems.
  • Manage complex platform-level issues and improve documentation based on user feedback.
  • Mentor less experienced engineers through design discussions and code reviews.

Benefits

  • 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
Full Job Description
Summary

You9ll join the AI Platform group, working across cloud, data, security, and application teams to power AI-enabled workflows for employees worldwide.

This Engineer role designs, builds, and operates the core AI platform that gives Guidewire teams secure, reliable access to AI tools, agents, and AI-powered applications. You will work across the full stack-front-end, back-end, and platform services-to deliver production-ready capabilities that embed AI into everyday work. You9ll partner closely with product, design, Security, and DevSecOps to deliver high-impact solutions that advance Guidewire9s mission to transform how the world9s P&C insurers do business through cloud, analytics, and AI.

Job Description

What you9ll do
  • Design, build, and operate core AI platform services that provide a secure, governed access point to AI tools and agents across multiple models and providers (e.g., Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and internal services).
  • Design and build AI-powered, full-stack applications end-to-end-from intuitive React-based front-ends to robust back-end APIs-ensuring seamless integration with AI platform capabilities and a great employee experience.
  • Collaborate with product and design partners to translate requirements into polished, accessible, and secure production features, using sound engineering judgment in selecting patterns, frameworks, and tools.
  • Engineer secure integrations across cloud and identity systems (e.g., Okta, SSO, RBAC) using Python or similar languages, partnering closely with Security and DevSecOps to uphold Guidewire9s standards for security and compliance.
  • Enhance observability and reliability of AI platform components by implementing logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting that support incident triage, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
  • Participate in BizTech9s tiered AI support model, handling complex, platform-level issues and novel AI bugs, and feeding runbook, documentation, and tooling improvements back into the system.
  • Contribute to BizTech9s FY26 priorities by supporting the Agentic Platform architecture, GenAI engineering excellence, and expansion of citizen developer and agent platforms that target growth in AI agent usage.
  • Mentor and coach associate and mid-level engineers through design discussions, pairing, and code reviews, helping them apply AI tools (such as coding assistants) and platform standards effectively while raising the overall engineering bar.
  • Design, deploy, and operate AI-powered workloads on AWS Bedrock AgentCore Runtime, including configuring IAM roles and policies, managing Claude model invocation endpoints, and implementing VPC networking and PrivateLink for secure agent-to-service communication. Implement multi-step agentic pipelines - defining action groups, managing session state and agent memory, and integrating external tools and APIs. Build observability and guardrails to handle failure modes such as tool errors, hallucinations, and policy violations at production scale.
  • Leverage Claude Code as a primary development accelerator - using it for code generation, test authoring, refactoring, and debugging across Python and infrastructure-as-code projects, with proficiency in crafting CLAUDE.md standards and MCP server integrations for automated workflows. Apply context window management best practices, evaluate model outputs critically, and iterate on prompt strategies to ensure reliability and accuracy in production agentic systems.
  • 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 you9ll bring

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.
  • Education & experience: Bachelor9s degree in Computer Science, MIS, or a related technical field (or equivalent work experience) and typically 3+ years of engineering experience building and operating production systems or platforms.
  • Programming: Proficiency in at least one backend language (e.g., Python or Java).
  • AI & LLM familiarity: Working experience of AI/LLM/RAG concepts, prompt design, evaluations, and when to use which AI tools and models.
  • Full-stack development: Hands-on experience building and shipping full-stack web applications using modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React, Vue, or Angular) alongside back-end API development in Python or similar languages, with familiarity in relational or NoSQL databases and RESTful or GraphQL API design patterns.
  • Cloud & DevSecOps: Hands-on experience with AWS, containers/Kubernetes, and modern DevSecOps tooling such as GitHub, Artifactory, Jenkins, and related CI/CD pipelines.
  • Identity, security, and integrations: Practical experience building secure integrations using OAuth, scopes, and policies; comfortable debugging end-to-end auth flows and working with Security/Identity teams to resolve issues.
  • Product collaboration: Demonstrated ability to partner with product managers and cross-functional stakeholders-translating business requirements into technical designs, making trade-offs explicit, and communicating status and risk succinctly.
Your Impact

We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first months, you9ll get hands-on with our AI platform, development stack, and BizTech9s FY27 priorities, pairing with senior teammates to ship your first secure platform services and internal AI-powered applications that improve day-to-day work for colleagues across Guidewire. By six months, you9ll be leading end-to-end delivery for high-complexity AI platform projects-such as new agent capabilities, observability improvements, or secure integrations that support strategic initiatives like the Agent Platform Architecture and citizen developer expansion-measured by adoption, reliability, and user satisfaction. Your work will directly advance Guidewire9s mission to combine digital, core, analytics, and AI into a cloud platform that helps P&C insurers operate more efficiently and confidently, while also elevating engineering practices and AI fluency across BizTech and the wider company.

What9s 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 roles at Guidewire include an in-person orientation to help you build connections, understand our culture, and ramp up effectively in your new role.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $109,000 - $186,000. 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
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