PolicyCenter Guidewire Developer Hybrid London

A leading IT Consultancy is seeking a PolicyCenter Developer Engineer on a contract basis. You will need to work onsite in London twice a week.

Purpose of Role

PolicyCenter engineer able to troubleshoot PolicyCenter at a low level (JVM/DB)

Key Accountabilities

• Ensure stability and performance of the PolicyCenter v9 platform
• Monitor and identify potential issues and bottlenecks
• Drive continuous improvement ideas within the team

Skills

5+ years recent experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter

1. Core Guidewire Knowledge (PolicyCenter)

• Strong understanding of PolicyCenter data model and business processes.
• Hands-on experience with Gosu programming (inheritance, polymorphism, exception handling).
• Deep knowledge of Product Model, Job Lifecycle, and Policy Transactions (new business, renewal, endorsement, cancellation).
• Expertise in Configuring PolicyCenter (typelists, entities, PCFs, workflows, rules engine).

2. Guidewire Integration Expertise

• Experience with Guidewire Integration mechanisms (Messaging, Web Services, Plugins, Batch Processes).
• Working knowledge of GX Model & Edge APIs,.
• Hands-on experience integrating with external systems using SOAP/REST.
• Understanding of event-driven processing (messaging triggers).

3. Database Knowledge

• Strong SQL skills for data analysis, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Experience working with Guidewire Data Model and database schema.

4. Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting

• Ability to profile and debug PolicyCenter performance issues.
• Understanding of caching strategies, efficient querying, and memory management.
• Experience with Guidewire logging framework and troubleshooting logs.

5. Guidewire Best Practices

• Knowledge of Guidewire coding standards.
• Familiarity with Guidewire's best practices for customization and maintainability.

6. Business Knowledge & Communication

• Understanding of insurance domain concepts (policy life cycle, underwriting, renewals).
• Ability to understand requirements, collaborate with business analysts, and provide technical solutions.
• Strong documentation and communication skills for code reviews, defect resolution, and knowledge sharing.

7. DevOps & Deployment

• Hands-on experience with build and deployment tools (Git, JFrog).
• Understanding of environment management, property files, and server configurations.
• Understanding of performance tuning the JVM and Oracle
• Ability to analyse JVM thread and memory dumps for troubleshooting and for performance enhancement purposes
• Ability to analyse AWR (or similar) Database performance reports for troubleshooting and for performance enhancement purposes