Summary
At Guidewire, we believe that great technology is powered by great people. We’re searching for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer who not only brings deep technical expertise but also thrives on engaging with customers, partners, and cross-functional teams. In this customer-facing role, you will ensure the smooth, reliable operation of our flagship cloud platform and InsuranceSuite products—all while championing a customer-first mindset.If you’re passionate about automating complex systems and equally enthusiastic about building genuine human connections, we want to hear from you.
Job Description
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Customer-Centric Collaboration:
Serve as a technical ambassador, working directly with customers to understand their needs, address concerns, and ensure our systems support their business goals.
Participate in design reviews, production readiness checks, and post-incident analyses with both internal teams and customers to continuously improve service quality.
Technical Excellence & Reliability:
Collaborate closely with product development and other SRE teams to enhance the reliability, performance, and efficiency of our microservices applications.
Analyze data from observability and monitoring tools to optimize operational metrics across our customer-focused systems.
Develop, document, and share technical solutions and training materials to empower your colleagues and ensure consistent, high-quality support.
Innovation & Automation:
Lead efforts to automate routine tasks and system maintenance on our SaaS multi-tenant infrastructure, ensuring 24x7x365 operations that meet both technical and customer experience benchmarks.
Create and refine tooling and processes that improve incident management, driving proactive measures to prevent issues before they affect our customers.
At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.
Cross-Functional Partnership:
Work alongside diverse teams—engineering, product development, and support—to integrate new features seamlessly and maintain an open dialogue about customer feedback.
Contribute code and strategic ideas that not only solve technical challenges but also enhance the overall customer journey.
WHO YOU ARE
Technically Proficient:
You hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field and have solid experience with Bash, Python, and/or Go.
You’ve supported web applications in live production environments (Java/Apache/Tomcat) and have a deep understanding of Linux systems, AWS, and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
You’re experienced with IaC (Terraform/Terragrunt/Terraspace), devops/gitops tools (Git, Bitbucket, Flux CD, TeamCity), and observability platforms (Datadog, CloudWatch, PagerDuty).
Customer Focused & Communicative:
Beyond your technical skills, you’re a strong communicator who can explain complex concepts in a relatable way—both internally and when speaking directly with customers.
You’re passionate about mentorship and thrive on teaching and collaborating across teams, always putting the customer’s experience at the forefront.
You enjoy engaging with others, have a natural knack for troubleshooting, and are driven by a genuine desire to help customers succeed.
Driven & Adaptable:
You’re a problem solver with a can-do attitude who believes that “if you have to do something more than once, automate it.”
You adapt quickly to new technologies and processes, ensuring that you can meet the evolving needs of a highly dynamic, customer-centric environment.
You’re comfortable with travel (up to 25%) and are eager to interface with customers, partners, and vendors to drive continuous improvement.
Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your role as well as use data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
About Guidewire
Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.
As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.
For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.
Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.
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