Senior Staff Guidewire Software Engineer

The Hartford

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NCHartford, CTColumbus, OHChicago, IL
Salary
$127,600–$191,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
49 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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This role pays less than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $166,125–$219,425 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $160k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About The Hartford

The Hartford is a leading provider of property and casualty insurance, group benefits, and mutual funds, serving businesses and individuals across the United States. Industry: Insurance & Financial Services

The Hartford currently has 74 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $127,600–$191,400 across 26 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Staff Guidewire Software Engineer

The Hartford is hiring a Senior Staff Guidewire Software Engineer to design, build, and modernize Claims IT solutions. This role blends core platform engineering with Forward Deployed Engineer responsibilities to accelerate delivery for business teams and drive production outcomes. You will design and enhance Guidewire ClaimCenter workflows, build resilient Java APIs, and architect cloud-native AWS services. Key tasks include owning end-to-end engineering delivery, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and leading incident troubleshooting. You will also build practical agents using Google ADK for document understanding and workflow orchestration. Required skills include Guidewire ClaimCenter certification, Java, AWS or GCP, and experience with event-driven systems and REST integration patterns. This position solves technical problems within claims operations by converting field workflows into deployable, high-volume transaction processing capabilities.

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and enhance Guidewire ClaimCenter workflows, rules, and integrations for claims operations.
  • Build resilient Java APIs and cloud-native AWS services for high-volume claims transaction processing.
  • Own end-to-end engineering delivery including design, building, testing automation, release, and production support.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines, code quality gates, observability, and engineering standards across services.
  • Lead incident troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and mentor engineers on architecture and coding standards.
  • Convert business workflows into deployable capabilities by partnering directly with operations stakeholders.
  • Run discovery workshops to identify high-value use cases and prioritize quick-win automation opportunities.
  • Build practical agents using Google ADK for document understanding and claims decision support.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise environments.
  • Strong hands-on Guidewire cloud experience, specifically with ClaimCenter implementation.
  • Guidewire ClaimCenter certification.
  • Strong hands-on Java experience building APIs, integrations, and distributed services.
  • Strong AWS and/or GCP engineering experience delivering production cloud solutions.
  • Experience with event-driven systems, asynchronous messaging, and secure REST integration patterns.
  • Proficiency in automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
  • Experience in observability, logging, and production operations support.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
  • Hands-on Google ADK experience building enterprise-grade agents (preferred).
  • Experience integrating LLM services into business processes with governance and monitoring (preferred).
  • Proven ability to lead delivery across cross-functional teams (preferred).

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