Software Engineer III - Guidewire Full-Stack Developer

Pekin Insurance is a company that values collaboration and empowerment, seeking a Guidewire Full-Stack Developer to create and support interactive applications for managing data and processes. This role involves working closely with product teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, while utilizing Agile methodologies and DevOps practices.

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

Requirements:

• 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
• Work across multiple environments including cloud and on-premises, and multiple operating systems
• Use modern web development technologies and techniques (e.g., HTML5, CSS, Java Script, etc.)
• Perform design (e.g., prototype, user interface (UI) design, user experience (UX) design, interaction design)
• Develop solutions for both mobile and desktop
• Collaborate with both business and IT stakeholders and develop constructive working relationships with team and non-team members
• Use judgment to form conclusions that may challenge conventional wisdom
• Consistently apply original thinking to produce new ideas and innovate
• How components throughout the technology 'stack' interact
• Front and back-end programming languages/tools
• Continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD), Agile, and automated deployment best practices
• Databases and database interaction
• Code versioning tools
• Use cases for architectural components and how to apply them
• Experience in an agile environment strongly preferred
• M.Sc
• Prior Guidewire Cloud experience
• Knowledge of JDP (Guidewire Digital Platform)
• Agile methodology experience
• CI/CD pipeline exposure