
Senior Software Engineer
Guidewire Software
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Toronto • Canada
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Salary
💰 CA$132,000 - CA$165,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Design, build, and ship well-tested, high-quality code across both front-end and back-end services.
- Take a leading role in shaping system architecture, technical standards, and long-term platform direction.
- Design and implement new platform capabilities and continuously improve existing systems.
- Optimize performance, reliability, and scalability as our customer base and data volumes grow.
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and observability to support rapid and safe iteration.
- Review code, mentor teammates, and provide technical guidance to elevate engineering quality across the team.
- Actively contribute to our engineering culture through shared learning, technical discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience building, shipping, and operating SaaS or enterprise web applications in production environments.
- Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript, with experience working across modern web stacks.
- Hands-on experience building and operating platform software using Kubernetes, and cloud-native services, ideally on AWS.
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and observability tooling.
- Proven ability to design systems or lead technical initiatives that have successfully scaled in production.
- Deep commitment to software engineering best practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, and clean, maintainable code.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- A continuous-learning mindset and curiosity to evaluate and adopt new tools or technologies when they deliver meaningful value.
- Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Flexible work environment
- Health and Wellness benefits
- Paid time off programs including volunteer time off
- Market-competitive pay and incentive programs
- Continual development and internal career growth opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonTypeScriptKubernetescloud-native servicesinfrastructure-as-codeautomated testingCI/CDcode reviewsclean codescalable systems design
Soft Skills
communication skillsmentoringtechnical guidancecontinuous learningcuriosityteam collaborationengineering culture contributiontechnical discussionsproblem-solvinginnovation