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Job Number:22456073
Company Name:Guidewire Software
Job Location:San Mateo, CA US
Minimum Education:4-Year College Degree
 Updated: 3/4/2010

Senior Software Engineer – Application Server Platform
Categories: Application Development
Skills: C++, Java

Be Treated Like a Rock Star at Guidewire!


Senior Software Engineer - Systems

Do you want to work at a place that is passionate about advancing the craft of software design and development?

Is quality one of your guiding principles?

Do you want to spend most of your time doing hands-on design and programming with a group of peers that you deeply respect in a collaborative work environment?

Would you rather build the server than use it?

We are hiring mid-level and senior systems engineers within our platform development team. Youll work side by side with other talented engineers designing and building high-quality, performant technologies such as programming languages, object-relational mapping systems, web presentation layers, and integration technologies. We value clear, logical thinking, good communication skills, a focus on quality, and the ability to work well in a team.

Our development process is sustainable, work/life balance friendly, and we pride ourselves on a calm, systematic, and rational approach to our business.

If this sounds interesting, wed like to talk with you.

About Guidewire

Guidewire Software is a privately held and venture capital backed enterprise software product development company, focused on servicing the $1.5 trillion property and insurance industry. Our products enable companies such as GEICO, Mercury Insurance and Amica to efficiently run their high volume, complex and mission-critical insurance operations, including underwriting, policy administration, claims, and billing.

As the #1 provider of enterprise software applications to the property and casualty insurance industry, we beat out our competitors such as Accenture and SAP 9 times out of 10.

Guidewire is an award winning company and is proud to have been recently listed on Red Herrings Global 100 list.

Our success can be directly attributed to our bright and talented employees who make it all happen. So if you are looking for an opportunity where your talents will not only be recognized and leveraged but also challenged, at a company that has its sights set on grabbing significant market share in a $1.5 trillion industry, then Guidewire is the place for you.


Requirements:

Ability to work alongside the rest of our product engineering team in San Mateo, CA.
5+ years of software product development and delivery experience.
A solid understanding of multi-threading, caching and networking.
A desire to be hands-on in designing and writing code in Java.
An appreciation for test-driven development.

Other skills:

We care most about your critical thinking skills and technical talent. Search engines, however, like key words. So here they are.

Java
Server development
Operating systems (e.g., Linux, Windows, UNIX, AIX)
Test-driven development (TDD)
Web services (e.g., WSDL, SOAP, XML, REST, Axis, XFire, Glassfish)
J2EE technologies (e.g., EJB, servlets, JSP, JSF, JDBC, JMS, JMX)
ORM technologies (e.g., Hibernate, JPA, JDO, HQL, XQuery, XPath)
Performance tuning (e.g., JProfiler, YourKit)