Lead Guidewire Claim Center Developer

Solution Architect

Own the end-to-end Claim Center solution design for assigned work, ensuring alignment with business requirements, enterprise architecture standards, and reuse-first principles.

Translate claims business needs into Claim Center-native configuration patterns, minimizing custom development and configuration divergence.

Define and document architecture decisions, trade-offs, and rationale, including impacts to downstream systems.

Guide and review Claim Center configuration and Gosu development.

Ensure configurations follow Guidewire best practices and support future scalability and upgrades.

Review technical designs and code for quality, performance, and supportability.

Design and govern Claim Center integrations with Progressive and Vendor systems.

Define and validate data contracts and mappings, ensuring accurate alignment between legacy structures, policy data, and Claim Center entities.

Partner with Progressive teams to ensure financial and claim data consistency across systems.

Actively identify opportunities to reuse existing Claim Center configurations and integrations, reducing redundancy and implementation risk.

Enforce architecture standards, patterns, and naming conventions across delivery teams.

Ensure differences in policy or product data are addressed through configuration patterns, not unnecessary customization.

Work daily with product owners, business SMEs, developers, testers, and integration teams to clarify requirements and resolve design questions.

Participate in agile ceremonies (e.g., refinement, planning, design discussions) to ensure architectural alignment throughout delivery.

Provide timely architectural guidance to unblock teams and prevent downstream rework.

Prepare and present architecture artifacts (diagrams, design summaries, decision logs) for governance and review forums.

Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to business leaders and non-technical stakeholders.

Proactively surface architectural risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.

Identify and manage architectural risks, including impacts to claims processing, financial accuracy, and regulatory compliance.

Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements (performance, scalability, security, supportability).

Support production readiness by validating architectural completeness and operational considerations.

Deep knowledge of Guidewire Claim Center, including configuration, integration, and business process mapping.

Demonstrated hands-on architecture and configuration experience with Guidewire Claim Center (not advisory-only).

Ability to translate claims business requirements into ClaimCenter-native configuration patterns.

Ability to lead end-to-end solution design (configuration, integration, data).

Ability to architect solutions that support both converted and net-new claims without contaminating new-claim behavior.

Experience with concurrent development in multiple ClaimCenter environments is preferred.

Proven experience leading ClaimCenter solution design through formal architecture and governance reviews.

Ability to act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams.

Strong understanding of Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance operations, claims handling, and terminology.

Experience designing and governing ClaimCenter integrations within a complex enterprise ecosystem.

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and vice versa.

Availability of the proposed architect for the duration of the engagement.

Familiarity with SAFe principles, including PI (Program Increment) planning, cross-team collaboration, and continuous improvement practices.

Strong Preference for Experience leveraging AI tools.

Guidewire Certified Ace - Insurance Suite Cloud Cloud Integration.

Guidewire Certified Ace - Claim Center Cloud Configuration.