Ranked 11th Best Workplaces and one of Ireland Best Workplaces in Tech 2024. At Guidewire, a combination of good working conditions, an excellent market opportunity, a rational and meritocratic company culture, quality software products, and a long history of careful hiring have allowed us to create an enviable work environment. We live by our core values every day. At Guidewire, we value people at every stage of their career and try to minimize those barriers to collaboration. It is reflected in how we communicate with each other company-wide and on projects. Every developer will bring something to the table whether in the early years or after a long and successful progression. We strive for integrity in all that we do: truthful relationships with customers, prospective customers, partners, investors, and each other. We prize clear, rational, and collaborative communication on our projects that is plainly based on logic, total commitment to quality, and making decisions based on factual evidence. You would be working on a team that is comprised of professional equals with a minimum of hierarchy. We don’t place high importance on titles; it’s all about what you do.
What will you be doing as an intern?
- Guidewire is offering a 6-month Guidewire Basecamp internship program from February through July 2024, this program is designed to give active undergraduate college students, or those registered in a masters’ program, an opportunity to work in a real-world business environment. Learn how to interact with customers, solving complex problems, and help create software that is used by some of the largest Insurance companies in the world.
- You will become part of our Dublin EMEA HQ, where you will have a technical role in our Product Development team.
- The Product Development teams build our next generation of Cloud-based solutions using cutting-edge technology and Agile teams.
- Every team in Guidewire lives by an Agile methodology: we do iterative development, break features into stories, work in priority order, encourage pair programming, and more.
- Our focus is to make the highest quality software for our customers and deliver it on time.
- We spend a significant amount of time focusing on software development as a craft.
- If you intern here, you will collaborate with customers, developers, testers, product managers, and writers while learning what it means to be a professional software developer.
PDO - overview
- Ware looking for an enthusiastic engineer passionate about building high quality software and improving the customer experience for the millions of people who use our products every day. We're a collaborative bunch with no room for egos. Being part of our phenomenal engineering team, you will have the opportunity to make an impact and contribute to our market-leading platform to deliver world class solutions to our customers. We are focused on building the best solutions that allow our product vision and architecture to improve constantly.
- We are also always striving to optimize the processes that support our development. You will work on the entire technology stack We will provide the environment for you to grow your experience and knowledge, with learning modules specific to our interns
Intern Requirements:
- Penultimate year of study in a bachelor’s or master’s degree studying Computer Science or equivalent I.T course
- Understanding of programming skills and grounding in Java, Kotlin, C# or C++
- Awareness of object-oriented design principles
- Some Software development lifecycle exposure (Agile) preferred
- Some understanding of JavaScript is a bonus
- Enthusiasm to learn and support others in your team
- Good communication skills
- Active participation in Guidewire Basecamp Internship program events and activities
Other types of things that we like to nurture:
- Curiosity based on a genuine love of technology and solving tough technical problems
- Accountability based on a desire to do what is expected with the support of mentoring and guidance
- Kindness and respect for your fellow teammates
