Summary

Designs, develops and programs methods, processes, and systems to consolidate and analyze unstructured, diverse “big data” sources to generate actionable insights and solutions for client services and product enhancement. Interacts with product and service teams to identify questions and issues for data analysis and experiments. Develops and codes software programs, algorithms and automated processes to cleanse, integrate and evaluate large datasets from multiple disparate sources. Identifies meaningful insights from large data and metadata sources; interprets and communicates insights and findings from analysis and experiments to product, service, and business managers.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on guidance and leadership for a team of data engineers working on multiple simultaneous projects with a focus on data preparation and pipeline development for predictive modeling. Includes:

Data interrogation, exploratory data analysis, profiling, and reconciliation

Data pipeline creation, revision and monitoring based on product manager and data scientist/actuarial input

Feature creation,  initial testing, and ongoing management

Demonstrate a culture of ownership and accountability to deliver high velocity, high quality work

Work collaboratively with other staff including product managers, data scientists, other data analysts, architects to solve problems, develop innovative approaches, and scale product output

Create and manage data assets, datasets, features, and code with a focus on simplicity, scalability, reusability, and clear documentation 

Additional work assignments not related to specific project work such as new feature development, external data research, providing user feedback on new products and tools under development

Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree or equivalent industry experience

Passion for owning and solving complex data engineering problems 

Phenomenal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences

7- 10+ years of relevant data engineering experience

Deep experience implementing DBT and driving ETL/ELT development

Extensive hands-on experience with the following AWS technologies:

Redshift

MWAA

EMR

Glue

Expert SQL and Python skills

Exposure to building M data pipelines and features for predictive modeling

Experience within regulated financial services or P&C insurance a bonus

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000 - $252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to Accommodations@guidewire.com. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail Accommodations@guidewire.com to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

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Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.