Summary
This role requires a willingness and ability to travel 25%.We also need candidates with strong Portuguese, Spanish, and English oral and written skills
Guidewire helps our customers and partners implement our software and we are looking for an experienced Front-End Architect to help us fulfill increasing demand. We are looking for experienced people who want to work with current, leading-edge technology on challenging, customer focused consulting and implementation projects.
Guidewire's market-leading Digital products enable insurance carriers to build and implement leading-edge sales and self-service digital capabilities. These capabilities provide Agents and Policy Holders interfaces to quickly and easily create and service insurance policies.
The Digital consultants will be building new, innovative user interfaces for the insurance industry using Guidewire Jutro, Guidewire’s design system and front-end framework. Jutro enables developers to seamlessly develop Guidewire applications for customers and empowers designers to create consistent and cohesive user experience designs. These Jutro consultants will be collaborating with user experience, business analysts, and Guidewire InsuranceSuite implementation teams to deliver end-to-end solutions to the P&C industry. Each new member of the team will undergo Guidewire Digital training prior to working on a project. Mentors will also be assigned to allow new team members to develop their technical skill and learn the Guidewire SurePath Methodology and Digital Best Practices.
As a Guidewire Consultant, you will become the trusted advisor for the customer and partner, and you will coach and mentor their teams, enabling them to become self-sufficient over me. This position requires a unique blend of technical aptitude, business savvy, and interpersonal skills. Our projects will expect some on-site presence, so there will be expectations to travel throughout South America. The anticipated travel target is 25% however, the need to travel is determined on a project basis and could exceed 25% if deemed necessary for project success.
Job Description
Technical Skills:
At least 5 years of Software development experience using web technologies
Highly skilled in JavaScript and React framework – at least 1-2 years of experience with React
Experience with or willingness and ability to learn Jutro, Guidewire’s design system
Experience with CSS, SASS, and other look-and-feel technologies
Experience with automated unit testing using Jest/Enzyme or similar frameworks
Exposure to server-side technologies (JSON/RPC, REST) Effective leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
Ability to work independently and within a team.
Ability to travel for onsite work.
Other Skills/Experience:
Collaboration with UX designers
Able to demonstrate experience with building web/mobile services and single-page applications
Effective communication and collaboration skills
Highly motivated, result-driven, and tenacious problem solver
Strong Portuguese, Spanish, and English oral and written skills
Nice to have:
Insurance industry experience
Exposure to Invision, Sketch, or other UX prototyping tools
Languages other than English is a plus
Experience migrating AngularJS applications to React is a distinct advantage
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.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
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.