At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead Agile teams in delivering top-notch Guidewire ClaimCenter solutions.
- Company: Join QBE, a forward-thinking company prioritising collaboration and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy 30 days holiday, flexible working, and comprehensive medical cover.
- Other info: Embrace a culture of continuous improvement and career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real impact while developing your leadership skills in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership in software development with expertise in Guidewire ClaimCenter.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Location: London. Type: Permanent, full time. Happy to talk flexible working.
Role Overview
The Senior Development Lead – Guidewire ClaimCenter is accountable for the technical leadership, people leadership, and delivery outcomes of one or more Agile delivery teams working on Guidewire ClaimCenter solutions. The role provides hands‑on technical leadership while managing developers to ensure solutions are designed and delivered to the highest quality standards, aligned to business outcomes and QBE technology strategy. Having the right to work in the UK is a requirement for this role. QBE may consider sponsorship at its discretion.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical direction and design oversight for Guidewire ClaimCenter solutions
- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles
- Review and govern solution designs, integrations, and configuration approaches
- Act as a technical escalation point for complex development and integration issues
- Ensure high‑quality integrations with external systems (APIs, messaging, batch processes, plugins)
- Coach and mentor Guidewire developers across multiple experience levels
- Support skills development, career growth, and succession planning within the team
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and collaboration
Qualifications
- Strong leadership capability with proven experience leading and managing software changes
- Deep technical expertise in Guidewire ClaimCenter development (UI, workflows, Gosu scripting, GUnit tests)
- Strong decision‑making and problem‑solving skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels of the organisation
- High attention to detail combined with a pragmatic delivery mindset
- Ability to translate business strategy into clear technical direction
- Proven hands‑on experience designing and delivering Guidewire ClaimCenter solutions
- Strong knowledge of Gosu and Java Integration patterns (web services, messaging, batch processes, plugins)
- Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments
- Experience authoring and governing technical documentation
- Strong experience with CI/CD, source control, and release management (Git, Azure DevOps, branching strategies)
- Experience using issue and work‑tracking tools such as JIRA
- Certified in Guidewire v10 Integration and Configuration (ACE certification preferred)
Benefits
- 30 days holiday a year with the option to buy up to 2 additional days
- Flexible working – balancing work and life is important; options include part‑time, job share, and compressed hours
- Pension – automatically enrolled into the QBE pension plan with employer contributions of 10% of basic salary
- Private medical insurance – fully comprehensive private medical cover for you and all family
- Family friendly policies – 26 weeks leave at full pay regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation or how you become a parent
- Short‑term remote work abroad – up to 20 days per year to work remotely from certain locations abroad
- Sustainable investing – pension strategy supports net‑zero goal, investing in green businesses
- Cycle‑to‑Work – benefit from regular exercise; interface up to value of £5,000
Equal Employment Opportunity
QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.
