Summary
Software Engineer II – Dublin, IrelandAbout You
You are a smart, enthusiastic, and results-oriented software engineer looking to join an agile product development team that builds secure, performant, reliable, and well-tested solutions for a complex domain. You are highly collaborative, passionate about building high-quality software, and pride yourself on your ability to learn. You understand that software engineering is a team endeavour and that excellence is unlocked through small but meaningful improvements made continuously over time. You are excited to contribute to our industry-leading platform, our award-winning products, and the processes we use to build, deliver, and support our platform and products.
Job Description
Software Engineer II
What You’ll Do:
- Engineer moderate to complex features for our platform and products using agile methodologies with an emphasis on delivering functionality that is secure, performant, and reliable.
- Take high-level but not super detailed problem statements and prototype solutions with a high level of independence, collaborating with others both inside and outside your immediate team to overcome complicated issues.
- Efficiently troubleshoot system failures, whether in production, pre-production, or non-production environments.
- Live our core values of rationality, collegiality, and integrity.
- At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.
What We’re Looking For:
Must-Have Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a software engineering role
- Ability to work onsite in Dublin at least 2 days per week, with flexibility to attend more frequently during peak spike week periods.
- Core Java expertise (two years’ experience minimum in a professional engineering role)
- Object-oriented design skills
- A passion for code quality
Nice to have:
- Good working knowledge of other programming and scripting languages (Kotlin, Python, bash)
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery and supporting build and code management tools (e.g. GitHub, Jenkins, TeamCity, JUnit, Karate, TestCafe, JaCoCo, SonarQube)
- A proven ability to work collaboratively in small, empowered,cross-functional teams
- Experience developing functionality using agile development practices (Scrum, TDD, pair programming, etc.)
- A desire to be hands-on in designing and writing code
- Curiosity and an internal drive to learn and constantly improve
- Experience creating web services (SOAP, REST)
- Experience with cloud services a bonus, e.g. AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform Successful candidates rarely have every single thing we’re looking for.
- 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.
If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our hiring team to assess your application.
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in a software engineering role
- Minimum of 2 years of professional Core Java experience
- Object-oriented design skills
- Ability to work onsite in Dublin at least 2 days per week, with increased attendance during peak periods
- Passion for code quality
- Knowledge of Kotlin, Python, or Bash
- Experience with continuous integration, continuous delivery, and build or code management tools
- Experience working collaboratively in small, cross-functional teams
- Experience with agile development practices, including Scrum, TDD, or pair programming
- Experience creating SOAP or REST web services
- Experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Ability to apply AI and data-driven insights to improve productivity and innovation
Guidewire Software Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Guidewire Software and has not been reviewed or approved by Guidewire Software.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work options and distinctive global mobility programs enable remote/hybrid arrangements and short-term or longer-term cross-border work opportunities. Feedback suggests these options are a meaningful differentiator for those valuing location flexibility.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Unlimited PTO in the U.S., dedicated volunteer time, and a personal 'My Day' accompany generous parental leave. These elements indicate a broad time-off offering that supports rest, community engagement, and family needs.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants (RSUs) and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as significant parts of total compensation. Stock-based components can enhance overall pay, with value influenced by market conditions.
Guidewire Software Insights
What We Do
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540 insurers, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire. As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record, with 1,000+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
Why Work With Us
We're focused on each and every employees' personal and professional development, and offer internal career mobility programs and growth opportunities that make Guidewire unique. Other perks like generous PTO, flexible working, our Guidewire Gives Back charitabeland our "Work From Almost Anywhere" program support our employees' work-life balance
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