Guidewire Software

Senior Software Engineer

Guidewire Software

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: TorontoCanada

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Salary

💰 CA$132,000 - CA$165,000 per year

Job Level

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