Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Data Platform - Exton, PA

Are you passionate about building large scale multi-tenant cloud native data platforms? Do you have prior experience in building data platform / data lake and analytics SaaS services in public cloud? Do you have expertise in modern Big Data stack (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Hive ..), Java and/or Scala. Come join our Data platform and Analytics team. This team owns, builds, and operates Guidewire’s cloud native data platform and analytics SaaS offerings. Guidewire’s data platform is targeted to be best-in-class in enabling our customers with mission critical insights and decision-making capabilities. The platform is designed to support all of our analytics, data science, and data applications. You will work in a highly collaborative environment building next generation platform and services.

Required Skills

• Excellent experience with Java, Gradle, Team City & Docker.
• Extensive experience with Big Data / distributed systems.
• Hands on mentoring experience.
• Experience with stream processing using Spark or Flink.
• Prior experience of building data platforms using Big Data stack (Kafka, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Hive ..) on public cloud
• Strong experience with migrating to redshift.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts and principles (consistency and availability, liveness and safety, durability, reliability, fault-tolerance, consensus algorithms).
• System design skills. Ability to design large scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of Algorithms, Data Structures, and Performance Optimization Techniques.
• Eager to learn new things and passionate about technology.
• Comfortable working with Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, and Terraform.

What you would do

• Design, develop and run cloud native data platform and analytics SaaS services
• Design and build large scale real-time stream processing systems
• Design, develop and run micro-services and analytics SaaS solutions
• Do test driven unit and end to end testing of any code you develop.
• Own Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) for your services
• Own scalability, availability and data security for your services
• Own, troubleshoot & resolve code defects
• Mentor other developers in best practices

What you would need to succeed

• Prior experience and passion for building large scale multi-tenant cloud native data platforms
• Emphasize team wins over individual success
• Strong technical communication skills
• Excellent software development skills in one or more of the following languages: Java/Scala
• Extensive experience with Big Data and distributed systems. Expertise in Spark or Flink, Kafka and Hadoop ecosystem
• System design skills. Ability to design large scale distributed systems
• Have developed in more than one language and ready to pivot to any language/framework
• Understand REST API for data interchange. Understand API-driven system designing
• Understand micro services architecture patterns pattern like Service Discovery/API Gateway/Domain Driven Design etc
• Understand Server less function and their relevant use
• Ability to work in an agile fast paced environment
• BS or MS degree (Computer Science or Math)
• 8+ years relevant work experience
• Refer to ‘Required Skills’ section more details

Bonus

Kotlin

AWS (EMR, S3, Glue, Kinesis..)

ELK

Experience of building SaaS/PaaS on AWS/GCP/Azure..

AI/ML

#LI-remote

About Guidewire

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.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

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.

Disability Accommodations and Guidewire’s Appeals Process. Guidewire provides accommodations to the hiring process to create a fair opportunity for candidates with disabilities to contend for open positions. Accommodation requests should be directed to (650) 356-4940 or [email protected]. If things do not go as hoped, we invite you to use our appeals process. Guidewire promises to independently review any denied accommodation and any decision not to offer you the position. The appeals process is the same in either case. Within five business days of receiving a notice of denial of an accommodation, or receiving a notice of your non-selection for a vacancy, call (650) 356-4940 or e-mail [email protected] to make an appeal. Guidewire will assign a new decision-maker to review the request and/or hiring decision, who will then notify you in writing of a decision within 10 business days.