Software Engineer III : Cloud Platform

Summary

Join Guidewire’s Product Development & Operations (PDO) team in San Mateo, where we are dedicated to delivering operational excellence and transformative innovation for the world’s leading P&C insurers. Our team is at the forefront of building secure, scalable, and efficient cloud platforms, collaborating in a culture that values curiosity, continuous learning, and teamwork. We leverage modern technologies like Kubernetes, AWS, and microservices to drive measurable value and efficiency for our customers.
As a Software Engineer III, you will play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing Guidewire Cloud Platform, contributing to the adoption of AI, cloud, and data platform capabilities. We seek a results-oriented, polyglot programmer who thrives in a collaborative, agile environment and is passionate about building resilient, high-impact cloud solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to solve complex problems, drive innovation, and help shape the future of insurance technology at Guidewire.

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Contribute to building and evolving Guidewire’s industry-leading cloud platform as a service, using Kubernetes and AWS as foundational technologies.

• Design, develop, and maintain microservices, components, and tools to automate the lifecycle of highly available, distributed services and applications.

• Engineer for quality, scalability, availability, and security, ensuring robust and reliable code.

• Implement automated testing to protect and validate your products.

• Deploy containerized applications to AWS using CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate closely with skilled engineers, operations, product managers, and architects to deliver impactful solutions and mentor peers.

• Apply 12-factor app methodology and advocate for best practices in cloud-native development.

• Participate in pair programming and agile ceremonies, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

What you’ll bringRequired

• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

• 4–6 years of relevant software engineering experience.

• Strong proficiency in at least one of: Java, Golang, NodeJS, Python, or equivalent.

• Deep understanding of REST API/gRPC for data interchange.

• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, including service discovery and API gateway concepts.

• Proficiency in Linux debugging and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with IaaS abstractions and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, Serverless).

• Commitment to proven software design principles (e.g., SOLID, Hexagonal).

• Methodical approach to distributed tracing, monitoring, and observability.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a collaborative, team-first mindset.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.

• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, EKS).

• Familiarity with observability tools and log management in cloud environments.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, agile, and social environment.

What you should know about this role:

• This position regularly involves pair programming.

• How our CCS group operates: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-cloud-common-services-engineer-c67cf3debc57

• What the general Interview process will be: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/preparing-to-interview-with-guidewire-cloud-common-services-team-7d0697592929

• Develop Multi-Tenant Cloud Platform that caters to running all Guidewire applications and services (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/guidewire-cloud-why-hybrid-tenancy-is-the-right-choice-56a0ff176032, https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/guidewire-cloud-why-hybrid-tenancy-is-the-right-choice-part-2-of-2-ba22c9888bb8

• Deeply involved in design and development of GWCP/ATMOS - infrastructure as code using technologies such as EKS (Kubernetes), Terraform, Golang. In addition handle Observability of the Platform (logs, metrics and traces). (Refer: https://medium.com/guidewire-engineering-blog/log-management-and-guidewire-cloud-platform-observability-73a033a34e9a)

Your Impact

We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you’ll immerse yourself in our cloud platform, contribute to the design and development of core services, and deliver measurable improvements in scalability, reliability, and automation. Your work will directly support Guidewire’s mission to deliver secure, efficient, and innovative solutions for our customers, while helping to drive the adoption of AI and cloud technologies across the organization. Over time, your contributions will influence the direction of our platform and the success of insurers worldwide.

What’s in it for you

The people we employ give their all, and in return, we offer flexibility wherever we can, such as:

• Flexible work environment (hybrid, with WFH options as applicable)

• Health and wellness benefits

• Paid time off programs, including volunteer time off

• Market-competitive pay and incentive programs

• Continual development and internal career growth opportunities

• All roles include a new in-person orientation process

At Guidewire, you’ll help transform the way the world’s P&C insurers do business, contributing to our wider mission of delivering customer success through digital, core, analytics, and AI-powered cloud solutions

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $124,000 - $186,000 . Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors. All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan. In addition, some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to [email protected]. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, e-mail [email protected] to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.