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About the Role
Guidewire Professional Services is seeking a Technical Architect to join a small team of senior consultants on software implementation projects for P&C insurers. You will work closely with customers and SI vendors to implement Guidewire applications, identifying business requirements, developing solutions leveraging OOTB capabilities and configuration, and integrating Guidewire applications with other systems.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Japanese customers in Japanese to understand system integration needs, ensure alignment with business requirements, address technical challenges and deliver integration design documents.
- Build relationships with customer infrastructure teams and System Integrators (SI) to coordinate technical solutions.
- Design and develop system integrations using Guidewire’s Integration Framework to meet customer needs.
- Manage data flow between Guidewire applications and external systems to ensure data integrity.
- Conduct Proof of Concept (PoC) activities to validate integration approaches and demonstrate feasibility.
- Collaborate with Guidewire’s global teams to share technical insights and align integration strategies.
- Represent Guidewire Software to our customers, working closely with them and ensuring Guidewire product management is kept abreast of product strengths and weaknesses.
Requirements
- Japanese proficiency at JLPT 1 level and understanding of Japan's business environment, with proven relationship-building skills.
- English fluency demonstrated by TOEIC score of 700-800 or equivalent, or passing a language assessment.
- Over 7 years of combined experience in software development and consulting, with no less than 3 years in each.
- Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and customer service skills.
- Ability to work independently and in small teams, with a flexible and proactive work ethic.
- Extensive Agile development experience.
- Advanced web applications experience.
- 2+ years of Object-Oriented Programming (e.g., Java, C#).
- 2+ years of relational databases and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
- Enthusiastic learner of new products and business domains.
- Ability to lead discussions, navigate customer situations, and deliver technical solutions from design to deployment.
- Experience in developing technical specifications, implementing them through programming and configuration, and designing, testing, and deploying integrated software systems.
- Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your role as well as use data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
Skills
- Object-Oriented Programming (Java, C#)
- Relational databases
- Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)
- Agile development
- Web services (API) technology (REST, JSON-RPC, SOAP)
- Message queues
- Enterprise integration middleware
- Micro-service architecture
- Software/network security
- VCS, CICD (Git, Teamcity, etc.)
- Observability tools (Datadog, etc.)
Location
- Japan
- Other regions where Guidewire operates
Work Type
- On-site
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior consultant
- 7+ years of combined experience in software development and consulting
- 3+ years in software development
- 3+ years in consulting
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.
- As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success.
- 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 foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.
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.