Senior Development Lead – Guidewire Claim Centre

Description Primary Details

Time Type:
Full time
Worker Type:
Employee

The purpose of this role is to oversee the efficient delivery of build artefacts, collaborate with software engineers to develop and integrate software solutions, and enhance existing systems to optimise operational applications. This role involves designing, coding, testing, and documenting complex programs and scripts in alignment with specifications and standards, while actively participating in specification reviews with relevant stakeholders.

• Location:
  
  London
• Type:
  Permanent, full time
• Happy to talk flexible working

QBE Europe is recruiting a Senior Development Lead – Guidewire Claim Center to join our development team in our London office.

The Senior Development Lead – Guidewire Claim Center is accountable for the technical leadership, people leadership, and delivery outcomes of one or more Agile delivery teams working on Guidewire Claim Center solutions.

The role provides hands‑on technical leadership while managing developers to ensure solutions are designed and delivered to the highest quality standards, aligned to business outcomes and QBE technology strategy.

The Senior Development Lead works within an Agile delivery model, collaborating closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Architects, Business Analysts, and external partners, while providing direction, coaching, and governance for development teams.

Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role. QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.

At QBE, we get to the heart of what matters for our customers. And we do it all with a human touch.

We’re an international insurer with more than 13,000 people working across 26 countries – which means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. It’s an exciting time. We’re building momentum towards our vision to become the most consistent and innovative risk partner.

What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind.

• Provide technical direction and design oversight for Guidewire Claim Center solutions.
• Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles.
• Review and govern solution designs, integrations, and configuration approaches.
• Act as a technical escalation point for complex development and integration issues.
• Ensure high‑quality integrations with external systems (APIs, messaging, batch processes, plugins).
• Coach, and mentor Guidewire developers across multiple experience levels.
• Support skills development, career growth, and succession planning within the team.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration.

• Strong leadership capability with proven experience leading and managing software changes.
• Deep technical expertise in Guidewire Claim Center development (UI, workflows, Gosu scripting, GUnit tests).
• Strong decision‑making and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels of the organization.
• High attention to detail combined with a pragmatic delivery mindset.
• Ability to translate business strategy into clear technical direction.
• Proven hands‑on experience designing and delivering Guidewire Claim Center solutions.
• Strong knowledge of Gosu and Java.
• Integration patterns (web services, messaging, batch processes, plugins).
• Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments.
• Experience authoring and governing technical documentation.
• Strong experience with CI/CD, source control, and release management (Git, Azure Dev Ops, branching strategies).
• Experience using issue and work‑tracking tools such as JIRA.
• Certified in Guidewire v10 Integration and Configuration (ACE certification preferred).

• 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days.
• Flexible working – balancing work and life is important so our flexible working opportunities are open to all, this can include part‑time, job share and compressed…