Guidewire Developer

Location(s)
Alpharetta, Georgia, Birmingham, Alabama, Jacksonville, Florida Details Kemper  is one of the nation’s leading specialized insurers. Our success is a direct reflection of the talented and diverse people who make a positive difference in the lives of our customers every day. We believe a high-performing culture, valuable opportunities for personal development and professional challenge, and a healthy work-life balance can be highly motivating and productive.

Kemper’s products and services are making a real difference to our customers, who have unique and evolving needs. By joining our team, you are helping to provide an experience to our stakeholders that delivers on our promises.

We are seeking an experienced Guidewire Claim Center Developer to be a deep technical expert in the property & casualty insurance claim domain. In this role, you will design and code scalable solutions, influence architecture, and provide guidance through technical excellence - not people management. You will work on Guidewire Claim Center and its surrounding middleware (Java/Spring Boot, AWS SQS/SNS, AWS Lambdas, AWS Postgre

SQL, etc…).

Position Responsibilities:

Design robust, high-performance solutions across systems and services

Serve as a key technical contributor on critical projects or initiatives within the property & casualty insurance claim domain

Act as a resource for others by sharing deep technical knowledge and context - without formal leadership or management duties

Evaluate and advocate for improvements in system architecture, technical standards, and development processes

Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering and product to align technical implementation with business needs

Create proof of concepts to demonstrate capabilities

Enforce standard coding and security best practices

Work within SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
Position

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

Guidewire Claim Center experience is required

Minimum of 8 years of developer experience with at least 2 years in a senior or lead capacity.

Expert-level understanding of the full SDLCAbility to identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies in the software development lifecycle and propose improvements

Deep familiarity with wide range of software design patterns and architectural principles, applying them to design scalable and maintainable systems

Knowledge of auto insurance; commercial & personal auto lines a bonus

Expertise with most of the following:

Standard design patterns

CI/CD, Containerization and Orchestration Unit testing and integration testing

Version control systems (e.g. Git)
RESTful APIs and microservices

AI Prompt/Agentic Engineering Monitoring and logging via tools like App Dynamics and Splunk Languages such as Java, Gosu, Kotlin, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, Type Script Spring  Boot and container orchestration (EKS/ECS)
SQL and secure coding practices

Cloud-native architecture and AWS services

Build tools & dependency management using Maven or Gradle Frameworks such as Angular, React, Vue Responsive Design and Progressive Web Apps Build tools & packaging managers such as Webpack/NPMGuidewire Insurance Suite (Claim Center, Policy Center, Billing Center)
Guidewire Insurance Suite’s PCF, message queues, business rules

Screen design using Guidewire Insurance Suite’s PCFGuidewire Insurance Suite’s database model

Guidewire Insurance Suite’s assignment rules

Integrations with internal systems and vendors using Guidewire Insurance Suite’s REST APIs, messaging queues, and batches

Troubleshooting and resolving Insurance Suite issues

Guidewire Profiler to analyze performance issues

Guidewire Cloud Insurance Suite Professional Developer certification is preferred but not required

This position works in the Kemper office.

Kemper is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We are committed to supporting diversity and equality across our organization and we work diligently to maintain a workplace free from discrimination.

Kemper is focused on expanding our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts to align with our vision, mission, and guiding principles. Kemper does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Kemper and Kemper will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

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