[Hiring] Senior Consultant Developer (Software Developer) Consultant - Industry Innovation & Co-Development Group @Guidewire Software

Role Description

This team will operate as a dedicated strategic function within Professional Services, working closely with Product Development, Sales, and Customer Success. Our mission is to accelerate the delivery of industry-wide solutions through strategic co-development partnerships with key customers. This initiative will establish a SWAT team within Professional Services to identify, cultivate, and operationalize these partnerships, demonstrating Guidewire Professional Services’ unique value proposition and capturing premium service opportunities.

As a Senior Solution Consultant, you’ll work at the intersection of technology and customer adoption, taking a lead role in shaping how customers adopt Guidewire Cloud capabilities. You’ll help ensure customers succeed by bridging business needs with solutions, mentoring junior consultants, and providing enablement support.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technology consulting, solution development, or P&C insurance delivery, including at least 1 year of hands-on Guidewire implementation experience.
• Hands-on full-stack development experience, including modern software engineering practices such as CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing, and packaging.
• Proven experience mentoring and assisting teammates, and contributing meaningfully to requirement and functional design documentation.
• Strong communication and facilitation skills with both business and technical audiences, including project leadership stakeholders.
• Experience translating requirements into actionable solution designs, and working software.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately estimate and deliver project tasks with minimal guidance.
• Ability to balance consulting finesse with technical competency.
• Curious, adaptable, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment.
• Nice to have: Guidewire Ace certification, and experience leading a functional/integration area or contributing to Inception-phase design activities on an implementation project.

Requirements

• Prototype, validate, and deliver innovative Guidewire Cloud features in real-world customer environments.
• Work directly with customers to capture use cases, requirements and validate solutions.
• Take ownership across the full technology stack, including backend and frontend development.
• Provide feedback loops to Solution Architects and Product Development for continuous improvement.
• Serve as a trusted partner to customers during their transformation journey.
• Lead functional and integration workstreams on customer engagements, taking full ownership for design, delivery, and quality.
• Mentor and coach junior consultants on Guidewire methodology, best practices, and technical delivery.
• Design and estimate solutions for medium-complexity product gaps and enhancements, consulting with business and technical stakeholders to produce design documentation.

Benefits

• The Canadian CAD base salary range for this full-time position is $95,000 - $119,000.
• Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors.
• All full-time positions or part-time roles working 30 hours or more a week at Guidewire are eligible for benefits that support their health and well-being including health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a company sponsored retirement plan.
• Some roles may be eligible for the annual company bonus plan, commissions, and/or long term incentive awards which are contingent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, company and employee performance.