Guidewire Developer

Job title: Guidewire Developer Location: London, UK Job type: Contract (Inside IR35) About the Role As a Guidewire Developer you will be responsible for participating in business requirements review meetings and providing design & solutions on user stories to be implemented on PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCentre projects. This includes estimating the development effort during sprint planning meetings (Configuration and Integration story cards) and designing, developing, unit testing, and documenting new and existing software solutions as per requirements. What will you do? Develop software solutions that are to the high performing technical standards and created using Insurance and Guidewire best practices. Note that the work will be focused on leveraging Insurance Tech software platforms, like Guidewire InsuranceSuite. Development work can include: Configuration of the software platforms to meet requirements. Development of customisations to change or extend the platforms behaviour to meet requirements, where configuration is not sufficient. Development of integration services. Digital UX development. Data Analytics. Create test data and unit tests to ensure that software solutions meet requirements. Perform defect triage and fixes during System Testing and User Acceptance Testing. Ensure non-functional, security, regulatory and compliance requirements are met for all development activities. Participate in code reviews and assist in resolution of technical issues. Prepare and produce software releases. Participate in daily standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective. Contribute to POC to support new opportunities. What are we looking for? 3 years software development experience, including: JAVA 5/ J2EE, ReactJS, Web Services, XML, SQL, Gradle, Spring, Hibernate, Castor, REST/ JSON and Enterprise Messaging System. Using configuration management tools like Git, Tortoise SVN, Source Tree, Perforce, Plastic and ticket management tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, HPQC. Knowledge of the AGILE methodology/Scaled Agile Framework, SDLC processes will be an added advantage. Experience in the Insurance domain, preferably in Property & Casualty / General Insurance is an added advantage. Strong verbal and written communication skills. What is nice to have? Prior client facing and development experience. Azure/AWS Cloud experience.

Location: South East, GB

Posted Date: 10/7/2025