FBS Agile Dev Team Member III - Guidewire PolicyCenter

Job Summary

This position collaborates with business stakeholders, solution engineers, product owners, and Agile teams to develop, test, and deploy Guidewire PolicyCenter configuration and integration solutions for insurance initiatives. The role applies solid hands-on knowledge of PolicyCenter configuration, Gosu development, APIs, messaging, batch processing, and cloud delivery practices. It delivers maintainable, secure, production-ready functionality each sprint with support and limited guidance from senior developers, solution engineers, or architects.

Essential Job Functions

• Codes and configures programs, objects, components, and packaged software to deliver required business functionality.
• Provides technical input into solution design and application functionality, aligning implementation with business needs, coding standards, architectural direction, and Guidewire best practices.
• Reviews and validates code, configuration, and supporting documentation produced by team members.
• Develops maintainable application components with attention to quality, performance, security, reliability, restart and recovery, balancing, controls, and efficient resource utilization.
• Performs broad and detailed impact assessments across people, processes, data, applications, and integrations before implementing changes.
• Analyzes data conversion and data modeling requirements and documents recommended implementation approaches.
• Performs quality checks on code, configuration, related components, test evidence, and documentation; delivers working code incrementally each sprint.
• Executes Test-Driven Development and Behavior-Driven Development practices where appropriate to build quality into the solution.
• Supports implementation and release activities, troubleshoots environment and production issues, assists with root cause analysis, and implements corrective actions.
• Uses development automation, test automation results, CI/CD pipelines, source control, and deployment tools to improve delivery quality and efficiency.
• Provides limited technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and mentoring to junior team members when needed.

Guidewire Technical Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in software development, solution engineering, or a related technology field.
• Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with Guidewire products, preferably PolicyCenter, including configuration and integration development.
• Experience configuring PolicyCenter product model, business rules, workflows, user interface components, data model extensions, and validation logic using Gosu and Guidewire standards.
• Experience in developing page configuration files, business rules, data model extensions, and unit tests such as GUnit tests.
• Experience in integrating PolicyCenter with portals and enterprise systems using REST services, Guidewire APIs, messaging, events, message queues, plugins, and batch processes.
• Working knowledge of Guidewire Cloud or SaaS delivery practices is preferred, including automated build, test, deployment, and environment support.
• Advanced Product Designer experience is preferred; Jutro Digital Platform exposure is a plus.
• Property and casualty insurance knowledge, including products, coverages, underwriting processes, and integration touchpoints.

Agile Delivery and Collaboration

• Writes and refines user stories with clear technical tasks and accurate acceptance criteria; estimates work using relative sizing and identifies functional design risks.
• Partners with the Product Owner to confirm that implementation and acceptance tests reflect the intended functionality.
• Participates in PI Planning, Sprint Planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, system demos, retrospectives, and Inspect and Adapt activities.
• Commits to team PI objectives and sprint goals, communicates progress and impediments, and takes ownership of assigned deliverables.
• Practices continuous exploration, continuous integration, and continuous deployment to support the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and DevOps.
• Demonstrates working functionality to Product and Business Owners and supports iteration and PI System Demos.
• Shares knowledge and best practices, contributes to Communities of Practice, and supports continuous improvement and development of T-shaped skills.
• Conducts research, design, prototyping, and exploration activities that foster innovation and align delivered solutions with customer needs.

Requirements

Additional Qualifications

• Strong verbal, written, listening, and presentation skills, with the ability to adjust technical detail for business and technical audiences.
• Excellent collaboration and team-building skills, with the ability to influence internal and external stakeholders and provide meaningful feedback.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills, including the ability to break down moderately complex issues, determine root cause, compare alternatives, and recommend viable solutions.
• Strong ownership and accountability for individual and team deliverables, including timely identification and correction of gaps.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity, changing priorities, and multiple concurrent assignments.
• Working knowledge of software design principles, object-oriented programming, declarative concepts, defensive coding, error handling, version control, database concepts, SQL, and CI/CD.
• Working-level understanding of applications within the assigned domain and connected or integrated systems.
• Broad knowledge of insurance concepts, terminology, products, and business processes across relevant business areas.
• Ability to train and mentor others in areas of expertise and provide constructive technical guidance.
• Education and Certification Requirements
• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field preferred.
• SAFe Practitioner or SAFe Agilist certification within 180 days of hire required.
• Guidewire Configuration or Integration certification.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits package:

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Career development and training opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements (remote and/or office-based)
• Dynamic and inclusive work culture within a globally renowned group
• Private Health Insurance
• Pension Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development

About Capgemini

With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group €22.5 billion in revenues in 2023.