Technical Solution Consultant

Summary

Welcome to Guidewire! We make software that offers property and casualty insurance companies the solutions to take care of their customers when they need it the most, whether that’s a time of crisis, a natural disaster, an accident, or exposure to cyber risks. We’re searching for people who are as passionate about working together to represent our quality products and services to the market as we are.

As a technology expert, you will be working closely with our Product and Services teams to understand our offerings, with the Sales team to communicate those offerings to prospective customers and most importantly with our prospects and customers to help them find solutions to their most challenging business imperatives.

As a member of a team that is known for execution, you will excel in understanding a variety of technical and business process challenges, leading technical discussions with internal and prospective customer teams and presenting complex solution demonstrations. The position requires a unique blend of business process, listening, technical design, and communication skills.

A willingness to travel up to 40% is required for this role, with some week-to-week variance.

Job Description

Key activities for the Technical Solution Consultant include:
 

• Articulating the technical aspects of our offerings to new and existing clients, including cloud architecture/services, SaaS components, product architecture, configuration/integration paths, etc. This includes providing demonstrations of our software and configuration tools where appropriate.

• Supporting the sales team as an expert on the technical and SaaS aspects of Guidewire solutions throughout the sales cycle. 

• Partnering with the Guidewire Functional Solution Consultants for application configuration for detailed product demonstrations. (e.g: data model extensions, page configurations, and rules creation) and supporting solution-related conversations during these demonstrations

• Developing solutions to unique customer problems, including in conjunction with Professional Services and Product Development as appropriate.

• Identifying new platform requirements and working with Product Development to design solutions for those requirements

• Responding in writing to questions and requests for information from prospects and analysts

Over time, this candidate will be expected to learn enough about the functional capabilities of our software and business problems of our customers to be able to eventually 

• Lead targeted functional demonstrations

• Answer related functional questions

Necessary skills and expertise:

• Strong verbal and presentation skills

• Effective and competent writing skills

• Proficiency in Java and other modern programming languages

• Database systems and concepts

• Integration mechanisms and patterns

• Processes and tools in the software development lifecycle (source control, build systems, testing)

• Familiarity with cloud computing and SaaS industry trends

Helpful knowledge:

• InsuranceNow Configuration knowledge or experience

• Experience with modern P&C insurance systems

• Experience in Technical Pre-Sales 

• RESTful architecture and development

• Java enterprise technologies

• AWS technical ecosystem

• Kubernetes and related technologies

• Authentication and Authorization concepts

• Modern JavaScript web toolkits and development

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $129,000 - $193,000 + 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 f