Software Engineer (Front-End)

Do you enjoy working with highly-skilled, self-motivated colleagues? Do you also have a passion for helping customers be successful? If so, Guidewire has an opportunity for you.

At Guidewire, we believe that it is crucial to focus on quality from inception, set realistic release dates, and build functionality that our customers truly need. As a result, our products are recognized as the best in the industry and are a huge part of our success in the market.

You will play a meaningful role in designing and developing microservices, components, and tools for Guidewire Cloud, our next-generation, cloud-native Insurance Platform. Guidewire Cloud is targeted to be an outstanding solution to serve the changing world of P&C Insurance. You will work in a highly collaborative environment in agile, cross-functional teams. Teamwork is essential to us, so we seek someone open to sharing their knowledge, listening to their peers, paying attention to details and quality, and working together to tackle complex problems. We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and skilled individual to join one of our development teams in Dublin

What’s special about working at Guidewire?Our customers are insurance companies. Believe it or not, insurance software is surprisingly complex, difficult to get right, and a lot of fun to work on. Talk to people here and you’ll immediately sense their enthusiasm for working in the Insurance domain. We are proud of what we build and how we work together. We want smart, motivated people to join us in building the future for our customers and ourselves. See and hear from our employees at https://careers.guidewire.com/.

What will I be doing?

• As a member of the Dublin development team, you will:Implement world class solutions, on our Digital Platform
• Building solutions in React, Typescript and JavascriptExperience in developing responsive applications with good architecture and UIWriting unit and E2E tests and testable components
• Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery of product solutions
• Collaborate and communicate within the team and with peers and stakeholders across the organization

We have a work environment that encourages individual initiative, experiments with new ideas for continuous improvement, and lets great people do great work by minimizing the hassles of hierarchy and bureaucracy. You must be a self-starter and able to perform with minimal supervision while working in a team environment.

As a member of the Dublin development team, you will: Implement world class solutions, on our Digital Platform Building solutions in React, Typescript and Javascript Experience in developing responsive applications with good architecture and UI Writing unit and E2E tests and testable components Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery of product solutions Collaborate and communicate within the team and with peers and stakeholders across the organization We have a work environment that encourages individual initiative, experiments with new ideas for continuous improvement, and lets great people do great work by minimizing the hassles of hierarchy and bureaucracy. You must be a self-starter and able to perform with minimal supervision while working in a team environment.

• Strong software development skills in React and other frontend frameworks 
• Experience with AWS and Cloud technologies is an advantage
• A ceaseless desire to improve and learn continuously
• Strong critical thinking, oral and written communication skills
• Experience with Agile development methodologies, especially Scrum, is helpful
• A calm, rational demeanour under pressure.
• Having a sense of humour helps!
• Contribution to open-source development projects is an advantage
• A self-starter and able to perform with minimal direction