Guidewire PolicyCenter Technical Lead

If you’re passionate about innovation and love working in an environment where you can constantly improve and adopt new technologies to drive business results, then Nationwide’s Information Technology team could be the place for you! At Nationwide®, “on your side” goes beyond just words. Our customers are at the center of everything we do and we’re looking for associates who are passionate about delivering extraordinary care.

This role does not qualify for employer-sponsored work authorization. Nationwide does not participate in the Stem OPT Extension program.

This role will be filled in a hybrid capacity, with collaboration taking place in one of our office locations in Columbus, OH, Scottsdale, AZ, or Des Moines, IA.

Guidewire Technical Lead (Consultant, Software Engineer)

This role supports the PLS Product Pricing Value Stream. The Pricing team is growing with an increased scope to deliver multiple initiatives related to profitable actions such as Pricing Sophistication, PUL Redesign, and Extensive Protectors. These initiatives will help enable profitable growth, respond to market volatility, provide desired customer discounts, and improve rates for risk. This is one of the value streams in Nationwide P&C that has been growing continuously for the past four years.

You will have the opportunity to join an amazing team and organization that continually pushes the boundaries of how we deliver code and business. This role demands technical thought leadership, adaptability, and a growth mindset.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate the following:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience working with Guidewire products, specifically Guidewire Policy Center Version 10+

• Experience with unit testing, code coverage, and best practices.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with IIBv10 Aggregation, Message Flows, Message Maps, and ESQL is a huge plus.

• Understanding of RESTful APIs.

• Understanding of Kafka and Microservices.

• Monitoring using NewRelic and Splunk.

• Understanding of SQL databases, with the ability to write queries.

• Insurance experience is a plus.

• Understanding of DevOps, cloud concepts, and Agile methodologies.

• Ability to provide guidance to the team and mentor junior developers.

Compensation Grade G5

Job Description Summary

If you’re enthusiastic about delivering secure technology solutions to support a company providing extraordinary care to its customers, then Nationwide Technology is the place for you. Nationwide's industry-leading technology workforce embraces an agile work environment and a collaborative culture to deliver outstanding solutions and results. If that sounds like something you aspire to, we want to hear from you!

As a Software Engineer, you will focus on mentoring and leading others to deliver high quality, cost-effective technology solutions to business partners by crafting new software applications or modifying and/or supporting existing packaged or custom-built applications.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for applying secure software and systems engineering practices throughout the delivery lifecycle to ensure our data and technology solutions are protected from threats and vulnerabilities.

• Mentors and trains other team members on design techniques, tools and coding standards. 

• Provides strategic advice on using technology to achieve goals. 

• Drives cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams. 

• Analyzes, solutions, develops, tests, debugs, documents and deploys software according to standards and optimal practices. 

• Champions the use of DevSecOps practices, tooling and techniques. 

• Ensures continuous learning and improvement through ongoing training, practice and innovation. 

• Manages individual project priorities, deadlines and deliverables. 

May perform other responsibilities as assigned.

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