Senior Guidewire Developer (PolicyCenter)

Overview

Join an amazing team that is consistently recognized for our achievements and culture, including our most recent Forbes award of being one of America's Best Midsize Employers for 2026!
Position Summary:

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems. This position involves leading agile teams or projects, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software solutions.
Geo-Salary Information

An in-person interview may be required during the hiring process

State specific pay scales for this role are as follows:

$94,458 to $179,048 (CA, NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)

$85,871 to $162,771 (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)

$77,283 to $146,464 (UT, ID, MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)

In CA: Typical hiring range is $123,077.70 to $170,941.25

The expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.
Responsibilities
Essential Job Functions:

- Write high-quality code for complex scenarios with good test coverage.

- Review and translate product requirements into robust designs to ensure high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, reusable, fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.

- Lead design and code reviews of multiple applications to ensure best practices, adherence to Mercury standards, and high quality.

- Lead the sprint team to deliver new or improved features, addressing any impediments to delivering high-quality solutions in the sprint backlog.

- Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of intended functionality.

- Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers on the team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence within Mercury engineering.

Qualifications
Education:
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related fields OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Preferred:
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

Experience:
Minimum:
- 5+ years software programming experience with 2+ years experience in Technologies used at Mercury, more than one years experience leading and mentoring engineering teams

Preferred:

- 6 or more years of experience with Guidewire Policy Center (configurations and integrations)

- 4 or more years of experience with Java/J2EE

- 2 or more years of experience utilizing technologies such as Kafka, AWS, S3, Drools, Blaze, etc.

- 2 or more years of experience with Personal lines products

- 1 or more years of experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GUnit, etc.

Skills:

- Proficient in programming in one or more industry-standard languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript).

- Experienced in leveraging various data structures, algorithms, and design patterns. Skilled in relational databases, NoSQL, and caching solutions.

- Experienced in APIs using modern protocols like REST and gRPC. Proficient in message queuing, data streaming, workflow, and integration frameworks (such as Apache Kafka, Apache NiFi, Amazon SQS, MS MQ, Apache Camel, etc.).

- Knowledgeable in microservices architecture.

- Experienced in containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

- Proficient in leveraging DevSecOps to improve engineering efficiency.

- Experienced in designing and implementing high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, and are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable. Skilled in leveraging analytics data and experimentation to design and improve systems for speed, scalability, and effectiveness. Strong problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication abilities. Strong ability to collaborate and influence cr