Job Title: Guidewire PolicyCenter Technical Lead
Location: Remote (EST and CST consultants only)
Duration: Long Term
We are seeking an experienced Guidewire PolicyCenter Technical Lead with strong hands-on experience in GuidewirePolicyCenter configuration, Gosu development, integration, and implementation.
The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, customizing, and implementing PolicyCenter solutions for Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance applications. The role involves working closely with solution architects, business analysts, QA teams, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality technical solutions.
The candidate will also provide technical leadership, mentor developers, drive design decisions, conduct code reviews, and own end-to-end technical delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Guidewire PolicyCenter Development
- Strong hands-on experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter configuration and development.
- Develop business logic using Gosu programming.
- Configure PolicyCenter entities, typelists, extensions, and business rules.
- Work on PCF configuration and UI customization.
- Implement product model configurations, including products, policy lines, coverages, conditions, and exclusions.
- Configure underwriting rules, validation rules, and eligibility logic.
- Work on policy lifecycle transactions, including:
- Develop plugins, enhancements, and custom business functionality.
Product Model and Policy Administration
- Configure insurance products and policy lines.
- Work with coverages, conditions, exclusions, and coverage terms.
- Implement underwriting rules and referral processes.
- Configure policy transactions and policy lifecycle management.
- Work with rating integration and rating-related configurations.
- Understand policy periods, jobs, policy revisions, and effective-dated data.
- Implement jurisdiction-specific insurance rules and validations.
Integration Development
- Design and develop integrations between PolicyCenter and external applications.
- Experience with Guidewire Integration Framework.
- Integrate PolicyCenter with BillingCenter and ClaimCenter.
- Develop REST and SOAP web services.
- Work with messaging, plugins, event-based integrations, and asynchronous processing.
- Implement inbound and outbound integrations.
- Experience with XML, JSON, XSD, and WSDL.
- Troubleshoot integration issues and ensure reliable data exchange.
Gosu Development and Configuration
- Strong knowledge of Gosu programming language.
- Develop Gosu classes, enhancements, queries, and business logic.
- Work with Guidewire entities and the underlying data model.
- Implement business rules and validation logic.
- Work with PCF screens and UI components.
- Develop batch processes and scheduled jobs.
- Implement custom plugins and integration components.
- Perform debugging and performance optimization.
Technical Design and Architecture
- Analyze business requirements and prepare technical design documents.
- Translate functional specifications into technical solutions.
- Participate in architecture and design discussions.
- Identify reusable components and development best practices.
- Ensure scalable, maintainable, and upgrade-friendly solutions.
- Review technical designs and provide recommendations.
Technical Leadership (Applicable to Tech Lead)
- Lead and mentor a team of PolicyCenter developers.
- Assign development tasks and monitor technical deliverables.
- Conduct code reviews and enforce coding standards.
- Resolve complex technical issues.
- Coordinate with architects, business analysts, QA, and project management teams.
- Drive sprint planning, estimation, and technical execution.
- Take ownership of technical delivery and quality.
