Akkodis is seeking a Custom Software Engineer for a Contract job with a client in Hartford, CT or Hunt Valley, MD. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Guidewire PolicyCenter Configuration, Guidewire Integrations, Integration Gateway (IG), App Events, Gosu Development, and Advanced Product Designer (APD), along with proven technical leadership experience. Rate Range: $61/hour to $69/hour; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.
Custom Software Engineer Job Responsibilities Include:
- Lead the design, development, configuration, and implementation of Guidewire PolicyCenter solutions to support business and technology objectives.
- Serve as the technical lead for PolicyCenter implementations, providing architectural guidance, design oversight, and development leadership across project teams.
- Configure and customize Guidewire Advanced Product Designer (APD), Product Model, Rating, Underwriting Rules, PCF screens, Forms, Data Models, and code generation processes.
- Design and implement integrations using Guidewire Integration Gateway (IG), REST APIs, messaging frameworks, plugins, and event-driven architectures.
- Develop and support App Events integrations, including event schema design, error handling strategies, monitoring, and integration reliability improvements.
- Collaborate with architects, business stakeholders, QA teams, DevOps engineers, and vendors to ensure successful solution delivery and operational readiness.
- Support Guidewire Cloud Platform deployments, upgrades, release activities, and CI/CD automation initiatives.
- Mentor and guide development team members while promoting engineering best practices, innovation, code quality, and continuous improvement.
Desired Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum of 8+ years of IT experience with at least 6+ years of hands-on Guidewire PolicyCenter development and configuration experience.
- Minimum of 2-3 years of Technical Lead experience, with 5+ years preferred leading Guidewire delivery teams and enterprise insurance projects.
- Strong experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter Configuration, Integration Gateway (IG), App Events, and Guidewire Cloud implementations.
- Hands-on expertise in Guidewire Gosu development, customization, integration frameworks, and PolicyCenter architecture.
- Extensive experience with Guidewire Advanced Product Designer (APD) and insurance product modeling capabilities.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, communication, and solution architecture skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Guidewire PolicyCenter ACE Certification.
- Guidewire Integration ACE Certification.
- Experience with Java development and Apache Camel Framework.
- Experience with CI/CD automation, DevOps practices, cloud-native deployments, and release management.
- Strong technical architecture experience within Guidewire InsuranceSuite ecosystems.
- Experience optimizing Guidewire Cloud Platform performance and scalability.
If you are interested in this role, then please click APPLY NOW. For other opportunities available at Akkodis, or any questions, feel free to contact me at Vaibhav.Singh@akkodisgroup.com
Pay Details: $61.00 to $69.00 per hour
Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.
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