Job Summary:
HCLTech is seeking an experienced Guidewire Technical Lead to lead the design, development, and integration of Guidewire solutions in a Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance environment. The role involves leading technical implementation efforts, mentoring development teams, and driving integration architecture across enterprise applications.
Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, and maintain Guidewire PolicyCenter integrations with external systems including rating engines, payment gateways, document management systems, and core insurance platforms.
• Lead the architecture and design of complex integration solutions using Guidewire best practices.
• Develop and configure SOAP and REST-based APIs for seamless system integration.
• Implement and support messaging solutions using Kafka, JMS, and Guidewire messaging frameworks.
• Develop custom Guidewire plugins and extensions to support policy lifecycle events and business workflows.
• Create and maintain data mapping, transformation, and error-handling strategies for integrations.
• Provide technical leadership, code reviews, and mentorship to development teams.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, QA teams, DevOps, and Cloud Operations teams throughout the SDLC.
• Support end-to-end testing, debugging, troubleshooting, and defect resolution across development, QA, and production environments.
• Optimize application performance and ensure adherence to Guidewire development standards and best practices.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Support production deployments, release management, and post-production monitoring.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter development and integrations.
• Proficiency in: GOSU/Java/SQL.
• Strong understanding of Guidewire architecture, components, configuration, and integration frameworks.
• Experience designing and implementing SOAP and REST API integrations.
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka and JMS.
• Strong experience developing custom Guidewire plugins and integrations.
• Solid understanding of software design principles, integration patterns, and system architecture.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact with technical and business stakeholders.
Preferred:
• Guidewire PolicyCenter Certification.
• Experience with Guidewire Cloud Platform implementations.
• Strong Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance domain knowledge.
• Understanding of insurance policy lifecycle, underwriting, billing, and claims processes.
• Experience with Guidewire ClaimCenter and BillingCenter.
• Experience working with DevOps tools, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployments.
• Exposure to enterprise integration platforms and microservices architecture.
• Prior experience leading distributed onshore/offshore teams.
Company:
HCLTech is a global IT company offering digital, engineering, and cloud solutions partnering with businesses for transformation. Founded in 1976, the company is headquartered in Noida, IND, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.