Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pekin Insurance is a company that values collaboration and innovation, and they are seeking a Guidewire Full-Stack Developer to enhance their cloud-based insurance portal. The role involves designing, coding, testing, and supporting applications while collaborating with various teams to deliver high-quality software solutions.
Responsibilities
- Deliver scalable solutions for our cloud-based insurance portal
- Work daily in a full-stack environment using React for front-end and Gosu for edge-layer integration
- Participate in sprint planning, peer code reviews, and deployment to cloud environments
- Collaborate with product owners, QA, and DevOps on feature development
- Be responsible for defect resolution and enhancement requests
- Potentially engage in projects involving JDP or Guidewire digital accelerators
- Participates and plays an active role in all Agile Team activities and is accountable for regularly producing product increments that effectively contribute to solution features and/or components
- Participates in release events as required
- Works closely with product teams to define the requirements and associated features and user stories of the application
- Understands design elements and visually customizes components to fit the application
- Performs physical design
- Consistently promotes reuse, flexibility, and efficiency in solution design
- Applies advanced techniques such as design thinking or journey mapping to improve user experience (UX)
- Leads the development/builds, installation, initial configuration, and test of solutions
- Produces high-quality production-ready software in small increments
- Responsible for code integrity and organization
- Contributes to end-to-end delivery workflows, even those outside his or her area of expertise or explicit responsibility
- Leads the evaluation of existing applications and platforms and provides recommendations for improving application performance by conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications
- Constructively works with architecture/integration experts to improve own work and knowledge
- Guides team to adhere to security requirements and use appropriate security frameworks and tools
- Ensures the troubleshooting, diagnoses, documentation, and resolution of escalated support problems
- Applies operation break fixes and other proactive maintenance activities until permanent solutions can be implemented
- Ensures support of innovative efforts by driving creativity, acting with agility, and thinking outside current boundaries
- Evaluates services provided by vendors and may recommend changes
- Uses technology to implement automation and orchestration
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- B.Sc. in Computer Science or related field
- Experience on a cloud-based portal project
- XEngage project experience
- Typically requires 5 plus years of experience in the desired field or may have advanced level technical or business work experience
- Guidewire Certified Specialist (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, or Digital)
- AWS or Azure cloud certifications
- Full-Stack Development (can work in both Digital Front End and Web Back End)
- React
- Gosu (Edge Layer)
- Minimum of 12 months of experience with a cloud-based portal project
- Experience in an agile environment strongly preferred
- M.Sc
- Prior Guidewire Cloud experience
Benefits
- Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Generous 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off (PTO) with Paid Holidays
- Flexible/Hybrid Work Schedule
- Paid Volunteer Program
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