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About the Role

As a Senior Python engineer on the PricingCenter team, you will own features end-to-end, from requirements exploration to production reliability. You will help shape new pricing and rating capabilities, build performant APIs and services, and guide technical decisions supporting AI, cloud adoption, and operational excellence. This role directly contributes to Guidewire's mission to transform how P&C insurers do business.

Responsibilities

Execute engineering tasks utilizing Python (RESTful APIs using Flask and FastAPI with extensive use of SQLAlchemy and Pydantic)
Design and build proprietary solutions involving insurance pricing algorithms, modeling, and data visualizations
Partner with product management to convert business needs into secure, high-quality production features
Manage the full development lifecycle: analyze requirements, architect solutions, conduct spikes, develop PoCs, and deploy scalable, thoroughly tested production code
Maintain and refine existing applications to ensure consistent alignment with established SLOs
Participate in agile ceremonies, contribute to RFC/ADR documentation, and perform peer code reviews
Enhance observability and reliability of applications/components by implementing logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerting

Requirements

Hands-on experience in building and deploying web applications, Python-based backend APIs and major cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
7+ years of relevant professional experience in software development
Experience with some of the following: FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, Celery
Practical experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps practices and tools (Github Actions, Git-based workflows)
Strong foundation in Algorithms, Data Structures, and performance optimization techniques for scalable applications
Experience with relational databases (like Postgres)
Familiarity with NoSQL databases (like Redis) is an advantage
Proactive mindset for learning new technologies
Robust work ethic, commitment to resolving technical challenges, and responsibility
Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts

Skills

Python
Flask
FastAPI
SQLAlchemy
Pydantic
AWS
GCP
Azure
Docker
Kubernetes
Github Actions
Postgres
Redis
Large Language Models (LLMs)
AI development tools
NumPy
pandas
Polars
Typescript
React

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
7+ years

Salary/Compensations

CAD 126,000 - 157,000

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off
Company sponsored retirement plan
Annual company bonus plan
Commissions
Long term incentive awards

About the Company

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently.
We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service.
More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry.
Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
We are an extraordinary blend of hungry self-starters, intrepid explorers, brainy experts, and loyal allies.
We are utterly committed to customer success.
We put our values of Integrity, Rationality, and Collegiality first, harboring a culture of honesty and openness.
We respond to the landscape of our industry with flexibility and skill, braving uncharted territory, pushing past the conventional with our products, partners, and people.

Equal Opportunity

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.