Guidewire Architect

What youll do

• Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture, design standards, and implementation roadmap for Guidewire ClaimCenter soutions across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring alignment with customer enterprise architecture and Guidewire best practices.
• Lead solution design and implementation, including ClaimCenter configuration and customization (Gosu, data model extensions, rules, workflows, integrations, and plugins)
• Architect and oversee complex integrations between Guidewire applications and enterprise systems such as policy administration, billing, CRM, document management, data platforms, and third-party services using APIs, web services, messaging, and event-driven patterns.
• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional delivery teams through architecture reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and engineering governance, driving quality, reusability, automation, and best-in-class delivery practices.
• Partner with business stakeholders, architects, and customer teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions that address performance, availability, security, resiliency, and operational excellence.
• Champion cloud adoption, AI-enabled delivery, and automation initiatives to accelerate implementation timelines, improve productivity, and establish repeatable delivery patterns across programs.
• Contribute to organizational assets including accelerators, reference architectures, technical standards, and thought leadership while promoting knowledge sharing across Guidewire, customer, and partner teams globally.
• 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 bring

Required

• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI, automation, and data-driven insights to improve delivery efficiency, solution quality, and customer outcomes.
• 10–18 years of software engineering and architecture experience, including significant hands-on expertise in Guidewire ClaimCenter, with experience leading at least two large-scale implementation, modernization, or cloud transformation programs.
• Deep expertise in Guidewire ClaimCenter configuration and architecture, including Gosu, data model extensions, rules, workflows, activities, integrations, plugins, and Guidewire development best practices;
• Guidewire ClaimCenter ACE Certification, or equivalent Guidewire implementation credentials preferred.
• Proven experience designing and delivering complex integrations using REST APIs, web services, messaging frameworks, and event-driven architectures across Guidewire and enterprise ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design, cloud-native architecture, performance optimization, security best practices, scalability, resiliency, and non-functional requirements for mission-critical applications.
• Excellent communication, consulting, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence both technical and business audiences in Agile delivery environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across global teams, customers, and time zones.

Preferred

• Experience with Guidewire Cloud Platform (GWCP), including cloud-native implementation patterns, observability, DevOps, and CI/CD practices.
• Proven success leading ClaimCenter Cloud,, or Guidewire modernization programs leveraging automation and AI-enabled delivery approaches.
• Familiarity with other Guidewire products such as PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, Data Platform, and Analytics.
• Experience with modern microservices, API-first architectures, event-driven systems, and digital experience platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.