Are you ready to move insurance to the 21st century by building a
· SaaS Insurance Platform build on top of the public cloud
· Cloud-native microservices
· A marketplace for the 3rd party application developer
We are looking for hands-on engineering leaders to achieve this journey! As an Engineering Manager of Software Engineering at Guidewire you will empower and support 2 to 3 self-sufficient teams. You will have the opportunity to impact and contribute to a complex application suite of products that generate over 1B dollars of revenue annually, mission-critical to 400+ enterprises serving more than a million users.
Responsibilities:
- Own the application development activities by multiple agile/scrum teams/pods for the world’s leading Insurance Platform.
- Coordinate the design, analysis, development, debugging, and improvement of Guidewire’s Insurance products in the world market.
- Attract, retain, develop, and motivate top-notch engineering talent
- Drive Engineering Excellence
- Ensure effective collaboration and communication with peers and stakeholders across the organization
- Coach team members, including assisting them with career growth and personal development.
- Collaborate with product managers for project planning and prioritization to execute the roadmap and ensure the successful delivery of insurance products.
- Trust your team, and be trusted by your manager and colleagues to make good decisions
- Proactively communicate with senior leadership and drive the change.
Required Skills:
- BS or MS degree (CS/IT or Math) or equivalent
- 12+ years of Software Development Experience especially in SaaS and/or PaaS
- 4+ years of proven experience in managing Software Engineers including performance and career management
- 2+ years of leading and managing multiple Agile/Scrum teams in Software Product Development.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for conveying technical information to all sorts of audiences.
- A ceaseless desire to improve how things get done, a strong promoter of automation.
- Fluency in one of the object-oriented languages such as Java, Go, etc
- Extensive Experience with public cloud AWS/GCP/Azure
- An advocate of DDD, BDD, TDD, and API first
- Understanding of cloud services and architecture like Docker, K8’s
- Solid understanding of system design principles, distributed systems and architecture
- Leading projects from inception to completion with collaboration across teams
- Risk mitigation and handling dependencies
- A calm, rational demeanor under pressure. Having a sense of humor helps!
