Guidewire Software Architect/Lead Developer

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Are you a bright Lead Developer, who has the technical and insurance business acumen in Guidewire + insurance business and products with the personality to develop, design, architect, and inspire? Have you led or supported overseas dev teams before? If you have insurance-know-how plus desire and ability to drive an exciting GW transformation project tech-wise, please keep on reading!
 
WHAT WE HOPE FROM YOU? You are an experienced Guidewire Architect / Developer, with experience especially in Guidewire Policy Center and Claim Center. You are willing to mentor and coach others and lead the technical vision and technical work.
WHAT IS THE ROLE LIKE? You are designing and architecting solutions, implementing software and driving the development in a team, participating in hands-on implementation of GW configurations and integrations.
GUIDEWIRE SKILLS NEEDED? Guidewire transformation program and platform level understanding: architecture best-practices of implementations 5+ years of hands-on experience with the Guidewire domain, and you are a certified Guidewire professional. 
TECH SKILLS? Java and GW GOSU, AWS/Azure cloud experience, containers, Rest APIs or Kafka integrations, and overall the modern software automation and DevOps toolchain. Great if you also have hands-on experience with the Guidewire Cloud environment.
LOCATION? We expect on-site presence in our Helsinki main office, but we combine flexible office and remote working days. Note however, that our remote work policies allow working within Finland. In case needed, we can help you with relocating to Finland.
 

More about the role?

At OP Insurance domain we have been doing something big for a while already: a large platform transformation program that will support our business in the future. In this renewal, we are transforming our insurance business into a Guidewire Insurance Suite platform. Thanks to this transformation, in the future we are going to be able to handle insurance, billing & collections and claims all in one platform! This revolutionizes our insurance business by adding automation to our back-end processes and improving the customer experience and internal user experience – so it’s a win-win for everyone.

We are currently looking for a Lead Developer to be a part of this transformation. Joining our team, you will have an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of this development and witness something that has not yet been done elsewhere. We hope that you have strong, hands-on experience of software development, and a willingness to learn new things. You have strong experience in Guidewire and especially its Policy and Claim Centers. You are familiar with supporting development teams in their work. Transformation of this level is quite complex and there are a lot of stakeholders. You will be working closely with our Tech Lead, other Lead Developers, Business Developers, Solution Analysts and naturally the Developers in the overseas teams. 

You can read more about being a Guidewire Professional at OP Financial Group and in Finland: https://op-careers.fi/content/Campaign-page-Guidewire/?locale=en_GB&previewLink=true&referrerSave=false 
 

What we offer to you?

It wouldn’t be fair if we had nothing to offer you. You would signing a standard local OP contract, including a wide range of staff benefits such as a personnel fund, employee priced banking, insurance and loan services. We also offer comprehensive occupational health care, extensive medical treatment expenses insurance and a full-time group accident insurance policy. We invest in wellbeing at work by encouraging a good work-life balance, providing flexibility in your daily life, and offering lunch, sport and cultural benefits and opportunities for affordable holidays in OP timeshares.  

We also encourage and help you to further develop yourself as a technical professional. We have the so called “70/20/10 rule” in use, which means you will use 70% of your time for your daily tasks, 20% to develop the way you do those tasks, and the last 10% is reserved for you to learn and try new things. You will also have our OP Tech Academy at your disposal in case you are interested in learning new technologies or methodologies, or why not in honing your skills in your current stack. On top of these we also have different career paths and can customize them according to your wishes. 
 

Did we spark your interest?

Awesome, that was our goal! Now we can’t wait to hear from you, so please apply asap, or at the latest by 2.3.2025. In case of any questions about the role, please feel free to be in touch with Mikko Kiiski (Competence Lead, mikko.kiiski(at)op.fi).
 
During our recruitment process, we want to make sure that you get to know us, and we get to know you and your capabilities. For this reason, our recruitment process includes couple of informal discussions, technical interview, personality questionnaire and reference checks.
 

We operate in the financial sector and our business is founded on trust and accountability. For this reason, we will check the successful candidate's credit history, corporate connections and potential conflicts of interest. In addition, the successful candidate must take a drug test and will be subject to a security clearance vetting by the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service.

OP Financial Group – We have something in common

Diversity and equality are highly prized at OP Financial Group. We want everyone to feel welcome and valued, and we appreciate that diversity enriches us and brings new perspectives. We invite job applications from everyone, because we all have something in common. We’re thrilled that you want to join us on our shared journey.

Owned by our customers, we are the most attractive financial sector employer in Finland. Our Group employs more than 14,000 professionals. We have a mission – to promote the sustainable prosperity, security and wellbeing of our owner-customers and operating region. What we do matters, both to our employees and society in general. As the largest financial services group in Finland, we are building a better tomorrow; this has been our goal for more than 120 years.

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