Application Development Technical Lead

Position Overview

Application Development Technical Lead role at Munich Re
. The Application Development Technical Lead leads technical design, development and delivery of integration solutions for Policy/Billing/Claims and support applications. This role ensures integrations across Policy, Billing, Claim, and external systems are scalable, secure, cloud‑compliant and aligned with business and technical requirements.

• Lead the planning, technical design and implementation of end‑to‑end integrations for Guidewire and other cloud applications.
• Provide expert guidance on the use of cloud integration frameworks, including GOSU, REST APIs, messaging, event‑based integrations and cloud data access (CDA).
• Establish integration best practices, coding standards and design patterns in accordance with approved cloud architecture patterns.
• Mentor developers, conduct code and design reviews and enforce technical governance.
• Design and build complex integrations between Guidewire Cloud (PC, BC, CC) and external systems using GOSU, Java, RESTful APIs, Kafka/event streaming and cloud‑native tools.
• Implement secure, performant, fault‑tolerant integration patterns in a cloud environment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve integration issues across environments, including production support for critical incidents.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering and Dev Ops teams to define CI/CD pipelines for Guidewire Cloud deployments.
• Ensure integrations comply with Guidewire Cloud hosting requirements, security policies and deployment processes.
• Support configuration of monitoring, logging and observability tools for integration services.
• Drive automation and continuous improvement across build, test and deployment workflows.
• Partner with solution architects, business analysts and functional leads to translate business needs into technical integration designs.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to technical planning, backlog refinement and estimation.
• Provide clear communication on risks, assumptions, design decisions and timelines to stakeholders.
• Ensure integration solutions meet performance, security, compliance and cloud readiness criteria.
• Create technical documentation, integration design specs, mapping documents and operational guidelines.
• Support testing activities, including unit, integration, API, performance and end‑to‑end testing.
• Develop technical deployment plans, checklists and support implementation demands for a well‑scripted release to production.
• Maintain a mindset of zero defects in deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience with Guidewire applications (Policy Center, Billing Center, Claim Center).
• 3+ years of experience designing and developing integrations in Guidewire Cloud or similar policy/billing/claim applications.
• Strong proficiency with GOSU, Guidewire Integration Frameworks and Guidewire REST/Messaging APIs.
• Experience with cloud platforms (Guidewire Cloud, AWS, Azure) and cloud‑native integration patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with Java, REST APIs, JSON/XML and messaging technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Git Hub Actions, Azure Dev Ops, Jenkins) and Dev Ops practices.
• Strong understanding of insurance domain workflows, data models and integration requirements.
• Guidewire ACE certification in Cloud Integration Developer path (must acquire within six months of hiring).
• Preferred:
  Microsoft Azure Developer/Architect Certification(s), AWS Certified Developer Certification.
• Preferred:
  Experience with Azure CI/CD pipelines, Azure Dev Ops tools, and Azure Dev Ops source control repositories like GIT.
• Preferred:
  Experience in front‑end web application development using React
  
  JS.
• Preferred:
  Comfortable with one or more ORM frameworks.
• Preferred: AINS or CPCU certification(s).

At Munich Re, we see Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a solution to the challenges and opportunities all around us. We recruit and develop talent with a focus on providing our customers the most innovative products and services. We are an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.