Guidewire JAVA Developer

Austin, TX

$65-$70/hr Corp – corp – Will move fast

Interview process: phone and skype 

The Lead Developer/Architect for Policy Center, Billing Center, or Claims Center (there are three separate positions available and we are looking for the Claims Center) must have a strong understanding of open systems architecture including integrations with vendor packages, relational databases, message queues, web services and legacy systems. This role will also provide the necessary software development leadership to the development team and help ensure that the architectural vision is correctly realized during the development and support the team through the release of code to production.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE FOR THE CLAIM CENTERPOSITION (ROLE-SPECIFIC):

·      Must have 3-5+years of Guidewire experience (with a focus in Claim Center), including experience on CC v7 or later

·      Must have led one or more Claim Center inceptions

·      Must have been part of successful go-lives of Claim Center, preferably including one on CC v7 or later

·      Must have a solid understanding of the following major components of the Claim Center Application framework:  First Notice of Loss (FNOL), Financials, and Claims Adjudication

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

·      Prepare design and implementation deliverables for moderate to highly complex custom developed N-tier applications, Guidewire products, and software to integrate those applications with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications under direction of IT management. Finished product must meet user functional requirements and TFPA service levels for response time and availability.

·      Participate in preparing and maintaining plans to develop custom software, Guidewire products, and integration with other third party applications.

·      Provide leadership, as required, to a team of programmer/analysts by resolving technical issues, establishing design, coding, and testing priorities, assigning design, coding, and testing tasks to team members, and working with management to resolve non-technical issues.

·      Provide periodic status of deliverables, level of effort, and timeframes to completion.

Provide guidance to more junior level IT personnel in software design, coding, and testing.

·      Work with external consultants and developers on large scale projects.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (GENERAL):

·      Must have at least 10 years of software development experience

·      Must have experience designing multi-tier web applications involving integrations, both internal and external 

·      Must have the ability to conceptualize, document, and communicate high level system requirements based on business requirements

·      Must be able to provide and validate high level estimates on the overall project, especially the technical components of the project

·      Must be able to present alternative solutions to take into account non-functional requirements such as system performance, maintainability, and security

·      Must have proven technical leadership experience as well as possess strong coding skills, especially on key, critical components of a project

·      Must have strong Java skills

PREFERRED:

·      Familiarity with agile methodology

·      MS SQL Server experience

·      IT certification(s)

·      Experience and aptitude to instruct others in the technical and business capability of Guidewire applications