Guidewire Developer at PwC South Africa

What will you do?

• 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?

• Experience in Insurance domain, preferably in Property & Casualty / General Insurance.
• Working experience in at least one of the Guidewire InsuranceSuite products (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter or Digital Portals) Configuration/Integration.
• 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