Guidewire Software

Summary

This role requires a willingness and ability to travel 25%.

We also need candidates with strong Portuguese, Spanish, and English oral and written skills

Guidewire is seeking highly motivated functional implementation experts who are looking to work with current, leading-edge technology on challenging, customer focused consulting and implementation projects. Our software is incredibly complex and well-tested – over 2,000 person years invested in our products so far.

As a Guidewire Functional consultant, you will work with the customer Product Owner, business analysts and subject matter experts to define requirements and schedule project deliverables. You will use Java and Gosu, Guidewire’s internally developed language, to configure our software at insurance carriers throughout South America. You will perform hands-on configuration to our products which involves writing code to reflect business logic into the system. You will become the trusted advisor for the customer and partner, and you will coach and mentor their teams, enabling them to become self-sufficient overtime.

This position requires a unique blend of functional and technical aptitude, business savvy, and professional consulting skills. You will also become a subject matter expert in insurance industry technical solutions.

Our projects will expect some on-site presence, so there will be expectations to travel throughout South America freely without sponsorship. The anticipated travel target is 25% however, the need to travel is determined on a project basis and could exceed 25% if deemed necessary for project success.

Job Description

What You'll Do

• You will be responsible for the integration of the implementation of Guidewire enterprise software following an Agile methodology.
• Participate in the full integration lifecycles from initial requirements gathering and product definition to underwriting, quoting, binding, endorsements, and renewals.
• Work with clients and partners to implement Guidewire software applications as their core system, mentoring and applying the best methodology for Guidewire product implementations.
• Provided integration support to clients, including modifications of user interfaces, application settings, and parameters.
• Use Guidewire’s proprietary Gosu programming language and Java to perform scripting and programming for customized rules, plugin configurations, web pages, and configuration files; applied object oriented methodology to design, develop, and test new functionalities in collaboration with developers and the quality assurance team; and customize and create new web user interfaces to customize the Guidewire software products.
• Perform data modeling for data stagging tables using SQL over the SQL Server and Oracle relational databases.
• In addition, coordinate the implementation of the custom solutions; assist day-to-day maintenance, support, and upgrade issues; and create, configure, and implement the integration points for the application architecture.
• Design and implement configuration and integration tests including monitoring software incidents and communicating software issues to Guidewire development professionals.

Technical Skills

• Strong OO design, development and test skills with proven pa erns knowledge, exceptional documentation skills, and the ability to communicate your thought process
• Consultant must understand the concepts of relational databases
• Be prepared to write and review code, providing recommendations to customers and partners
• Enterprise software product implementation experience within complex, enterprise environments
• Leading and collaborating across multi-functional teams on complex large-scale projects in multiple locations
• Experience in AGILE methodology

Other Skills

• Understands the internal dynamics of customers and partners to facilitate project plans and execution
• Ability to develop deep customer relationships and become a trusted advisor
• Highly motivated, results-driven, and tenacious problem solver
• Coaching and mentoring other team members on tools, best practices, and methodology
• Curiosity based on genuine love of technology and solving tough technical problems
• Ability to facilitate workshops, present and explain complex solutions and recommended solutions
• Strong Portuguese, Spanish, and English oral and written skills
• BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Nice to have

• Insurance industry experience, understanding how the insurance business process from a user perspective
• JAVA, J2EE, SQL, XML experience
• Guidewire InsuranceSuite experience
• Prior experience with Guidewire Gosu is preferential.
• Familiar with Cloud/AWS services and code deployment processes

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.