Senior Software Engineer

Guidewire Software

Senior Software Engineer building and scaling SaaS solutions at Guidewire. Leading architecture and driving engineering quality in a collaborative environment.

Posted 5/14/2026full-timeToronto • 🇨🇦 CanadaSenior💰 CA$132,000 - CA$165,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonTypeScriptKubernetescloud-native servicesinfrastructure-as-codeobservability toolingautomated testingCI/CDcode reviewsclean code

Soft Skills

communication skillsmentoringtechnical guidancecontinuous learningcuriosityinnovationteam collaborationproblem-solvingleadershiptechnical discussions