Guidewire Senior Software Engineer

<strong>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs. We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them. This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future.</strong>

Springfield, IL; Dallas, TX; Madison, WI

Horace Mann

<h4><strong>Horace Mann was founded in 1945 by two Springfield, Illinois, teachers who saw a need for quality, affordable auto insurance for teachers. Since then, we&rsquo;ve broadened our mission to helping all educators protect what they have today and prepare for a successful tomorrow.&nbsp; And with our broadened mission has come corporate growth:&nbsp; We serve more than 4,100 school districts nationwide, we&rsquo;re publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: HMN) and we have more than $12 billion in assets.</strong></h4> <h4><strong>We&rsquo;re motivated by the fact that educators take care of our children&rsquo;s future, and we believe they deserve someone to look after theirs.&nbsp; We help educators identify their financial goals and develop plans to achieve them.&nbsp; This includes insurance to protect what they have today and financial products to help them prepare for their future. Our tailored offerings include special rates and benefits for educators.</strong></h4> https://recruiting.adp.com/srccar/public/RTI.home?d=ExternalCareerSite&c=1138841#/

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Solutions Delivery

Overview: <p>Senior-level role; operates autonomously, broad impact across multiple systems. Seen as an expert in design and development and leads some development initiatives.</p>
Responsibilities: What you will be doing:<br /> <ul> <li>Development lifecycle of software applications and other business process optimization projects.</li> <li>Maintain software applications, including upgrade, enhancements, and patches.</li> <li>Diagnose and resolve system problems.</li> <li>Ensure application performance, reliability, and quality.</li> <li>Provides consultation as technical and system business expert on key business systems.</li> <li>Responsible for application analysis, tuning, and measurement to ensure appropriate performance, reliability, and quality SLAs.</li> <li>Collaborate with the user community to design, develop, and implement technology solutions across multiple business functions; and leads other developers.</li> <li>Mentor and coach others.</li> <li>Work cross-functionally to assist with problem solving and project plan activities.</li> <li>Respond to inquiries, requests in a timely fashion.</li> </ul>
Requirements: <br /> <ul> <li>Minimum of 5 years of Guidewire development experience</li> <li>Minimum of 7 years of enterprise scale Java development experience</li> <li>Guidewire Product Certifications in both configuration and integration in at least 2 Centers</li> <li>Expert in all aspects of the software development lifecycle.</li> <li>Expert developer knowledge in applicable programming languages and/or expert knowledge of web design languages, scripting tools and protocols.</li> <li>Advanced skills associated with the design, development, modification and deployment of software</li> <li>Experience executing the Agile life cycle</li> <li>Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment</li> <li>Strong communication, analytical and problem solving skills</li> <li>Strong ability to debug system issues and resolve defects</li> <li>Ability to manage time and complete multiple tasks while continually meeting deadlines</li> <li>Must be self-directed and effective working independently, yet equally comfortable contributing in a team environment</li> <li>Previous experience developing G-unit/J-unit tests for testing business logic.</li> <li>Ability to configure workflows based on business requirements and logic.</li> <li>Preferred: DevOps experience managing Guidewire builds and CI/CD for multi-platform applications.</li> <li>Have strong knowledge of the latest IT systems, legislation and best practice</li> <li>Ability to keep cool under pressure</li> <li>Good problem solving skills</li> <li>Can communicate complex technical ideas in a straightforward way</li> <li>Must be authorized to work in the United States without Employer Sponsorship</li> </ul>