Guidewire Developer

8 Months ago • 4 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Guidewire Developer at PwC's South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC), you'll participate in business requirement reviews, design solutions for user stories, and estimate development efforts. Responsibilities include developing software solutions using Guidewire best practices, creating unit tests, performing defect fixes, ensuring compliance requirements are met, participating in code reviews, preparing releases, and attending agile meetings. You'll work on new and existing software, utilizing Guidewire InsuranceSuite products (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, or Digital Portals), and collaborating with a team to deliver high-quality solutions. Senior Developers will also mentor junior team members and contribute to process improvement. Client-facing experience and cloud expertise are considered beneficial.
Must have:
  • 4+ years software development experience
  • 2 years Guidewire InsuranceSuite experience
  • Experience with GOSU, Java, Web Services, XML, SQL
  • Agile methodology knowledge
  • Strong communication skills
Good to have:
  • Prior client-facing and design experience
  • Azure/AWS Cloud experience
  • Guidewire Certification
  • Expertise in Product Designer/Rating integration
Perks:
  • Competitive salary and bonus
  • 25 days holiday (pro rata)
  • Flexible benefits scheme
  • Group pension plan
  • Operate training framework

Job Details

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Guidewire

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

A career in our Technology Consulting practice, within General Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help clients seize essential advantages by working alongside business leaders to solve their toughest problems and capture their greatest opportunities. We work with some of the world’s largest and most complex companies to understand their unique business issues and opportunities in an ever changing environment. We help create sustainable change by stimulating innovation, unlocking data possibilities, navigating risk and regulatory complexity, optimising deals, and aligning costs with business strategy to create a competitive advantage.

As a member of the team, you’ll work with clients to define their vision and plan how to get there. We deliver the technological solutions organisations need to compete and grow and build a lasting legacy of improvement and performance, partnering with best in class technologies and solution sets. In joining, you’ll help our clients understand and evolve the way they align Information Technology with their business strategy, create integrated end to end solutions, and use enterprise applications to solve complex business problems.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As an Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

  • Invite and give in the moment feedback in a constructive manner.
  • Share and collaborate effectively with others.
  • Identify and make suggestions for improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise.
  • Handle, manipulate and analyse data and information responsibly.
  • Follow risk management and compliance procedures.
  • Keep up-to-date with developments in area of specialism.
  • Communicate confidently in a clear, concise and articulate manner - verbally and in the materials I produce.
  • Build and maintain an internal and external network.
  • Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms.
  • Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Description & Summary

PwC has recently launched the South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC).  SATIC is designed to innovate, build and deploy for our global clients across a range of technology and transformational solutions.

PwC's ambition to grow through acquisitions and development of new innovative ways to serve clients, mandatory firm rotation, the ongoing climate of regulatory change, and the increased focus on globalisation all mean that PwC's ability to maintain Independence from our audit clients is ever more business critical for PwC.

The Guidewire team has a vital role to play in enabling PwC's growth, whilst protecting our reputation and brand, and the team will be at the heart of change in the firm over the next few years. 

If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you. 

About the Role

We have a number of exciting opportunities across a range of roles and disciplines to join our expanding Guidewire/Insurance team. As a Guidewire Developer you will be responsible for participating in business requirements, review meetings and providing design & solutions on user stories to be implemented on Guidewire projects.

Estimate the development effort during sprint planning meetings (Configuration and Integration story cards and design, develop, unit test and document for new and existing software solutions as per requirements).

What will you do?

Senior Developer

  • Develop software solutions that are to the high performing technical standards and created using Guidewire best practices.
  • Create test data and unit tests to ensure that software solutions meet requirements.
  • Perform defect triage and fixes during System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing.
  • Ensure non-functional, security, regulatory and compliance requirements are met for all development activities.
  • Participate in code reviews and assist in resolution of technical issues.
  • Prepare and produce software releases.
  • Participate in daily standup meetings, sprint planning and retrospective.
  • Lead POC to support new opportunities.
  • Guide and mentor junior developers.
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of team processes.

What are we looking for?

Senior Developer

  • 4 plus years software development experience
  • 2 years Experience in Insurance domain, preferably in Property & Casualty / General Insurance.
  • 2 years Working experience in at least one of the Guidewire InsuranceSuite products (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter or Digital Portals) Configuration/Integration.
  • 2 years Experience working with GOSU, JAVA 5/ J2EE, Web Services (Axis 2), XML, SQL, Gradle, Spring, Hibernate, Castor, REST/ JSON and Enterprise Messaging System.
  • Experience in using Configuration management tools like Git, Tortoise SVN, Source Tree, Perforce, Plastic and ticket management tools like Azure DevOps, JIRA, HPQC.
  • Knowledge of the AGILE methodology/Scaled Agile Framework, SDLC processes will be an added advantage.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

What is nice to have?

  • Prior client facing and design experience
  • Azure/AWS Cloud experience
  • Expertise in Product Designer / Rating integration will be an added advantage.
  • Guidewire Certification on latest version

What’s in it for you?

We're exceptionally passionate about providing you with the necessary skills, experience and training to help you develop both personally and professionally. As a PwC employee you will be included on our specific Operate training framework, tailored to match your skills, needs and career aspirations.

Fully funded by us, you'll complete externally accredited qualifications that will benefit you in the role you are working in.

In addition to the client projects and training, our employees are also rewarded with various others as part of your employment.

• Competitive salary plus a potential discretionary bonus (performance related)

• 25 days standard holiday pro rata, with options to increase this through your benefits package

• Flexible benefits scheme that can be tailored to suit your (and your family's) needs.

• Provision of a group pension plan with additional funding provided by PwC

To find out more please click the link below

https://www.pwc.co.uk/careers/about-us/reward.html

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Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Government Clearance Required?

Yes

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