Senior Manager (Software Engineering)

About the role

We deliver the core applications that Property and Casualty (P/C) insurers use to build their products, sell policies, settle claims, and bill their customers. Through Guidewire Cloud, our SaaS platform, we enable customers to rapidly innovate, scale securely, and drive measurable value.

What you'll do

• Lead and grow multiple Platform Engineering Teams , providing clear direction, coaching, and career development for a team of engineers
• Set expectations, give regular feedback, and manage performance to build a high-performing, inclusive, and accountable team
• Partner with Staff/Principal Engineers to guide technical and architectural decisions for platform services, focusing on scalability, reliability
• Own end-to-end delivery for the Platform Team(s) – from planning and prioritization through execution, rollout, and ongoing improvement
• Drive adoption of engineering best practices (API-first design, TDD, BDD, GitOps, observability) across your POD

What you need

• 15–27 years in software engineering
• System design
• Java
• Python
• Git
• Go
• Kubernetes
• Any graduate

Good to have

• AWS
• Docker
• Performance management
• CI/CD
• Terraform
• Cucumber