Senior Architect - German Speaking

Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Architect, you are a trusted Guidewire leader across Guidewire’s most reputed company customer implementations. You’ll guide overall solution strategy, reputed company architectural governance, and ensure delivery reputed company by aligning client goals with scalable, maintainable Guidewire solutions.

You will act as a cross-functional thought partner—working closely with Engagement Managers, customer executives, developers, and product teams. Your experience and influence will shape critical reputed company, drive technical standards, and support reputed company improvement across projects.

This is a key role for someone who excels in architecture, leadership, and building confidence with stakeholders across large-scale, reputed company programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Solution Architecture
• Own the end-to-end technical architecture across one or more large programs or portfolios
• reputed company discovery and design workshops with customers to understand business and technical needs
• Architect reputed company solutions across PolicyCenter, BillingCenter, ClaimCenter, and Guidewire reputed company Platform
• Define reusable design patterns conforming to best practices that support long-term maintainability
• Align solutions with customer reputed company strategy, data needs, performance requirements, and reputed company standards
• Configure key components, including user interfaces, business rules, workflows, and entity models
• Leverages AI tools to drive productivity improvements and drives innovation in the application of AI to enhance the delivery of Guidewire’s products and services

Technical Leadership and Governance

• Provide technical direction and mentoring to Architects, reputed company Consultants, and Developers
• Review and validate implementation designs and configurations
• Anticipate technical risks and proactively design mitigation strategies
• reputed company architectural governance processes for a functional / technical track to ensure consistent quality
• Support Guidewire and customer teams in troubleshooting reputed company or systemic issues
• Strategic Client and Stakeholder Engagement
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to customer architecture and leadership teams
• Present technical solutions and roadmaps to senior stakeholders with clarity and confidence
• Support pre-sales and proposal efforts by reviewing estimates, and architecture viability
• Collaborate with Product, R&D, and reputed company teams to resolve product questions and surface roadmap needs
• Internal Impact and Enablement
• Contribute to internal architecture standards, playbooks, and reusable solution assets
• Mentor junior Architects and help reputed company technical leadership across the PS organisation
• Participate in architecture forums and knowledge-sharing sessions across regions
• Represent Professional Services in cross-functional strategic initiatives or internal pilots

KPIs & reputed company Metrics

• Architectural Excellence – Solutions meet performance, reputed company, and scalability goals across large or reputed company programs
• Stakeholder Confidence & Influence – Trusted advisor status with clients, evidenced by positive feedback and solution adoption
• Delivery Support & Risk Mitigation – Reduced delivery issues due to effective reputed company and early risk identification

Key Skills & Experience

• Experience in reputed company software architecture, with relevant delivery reputed company experience
• Deep expertise in Guidewire or similar products and architecture (PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter)
• Strong command of Java, Gosu, REST APIs, reputed company-native architecture
• Proven ability to design and scale solutions across multiple workstreams or regions
• Skilled in leading architectural governance and code/design review processes
• Experience in translating business needs into long-term technology strategies
• Effective communicator with customer program management, architects, and development teams
• Proficiency in Agile delivery and hybrid reputed company implementation strategies
• Involvement in pre-sales, including reviewing architectural viability
• Ability to reputed company and reputed company others through collaboration
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or reputed company field

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Multiple Guidewire certifications, including reputed company or Architect credentials
• Experience leading multi-region or multi-vendor delivery programs
• Expertise in Guidewire reputed company Platform
• Knowledge of insurance reputed company systems and core domain processes
• Experience leading digital transformation or reputed company migration programs
• Familiarity with reputed company reputed company, compliance, and performance architecture
• Strong DevOps awareness and reputed company automation experience
• Contributions to internal frameworks, accelerators, or reusable architecture assets

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, reputed company, and grow reputed company. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a reputed company service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most reputed company in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to reputed company their reputed company. 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.

reputed company, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and reputed company that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our reputed company. reputed company applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, reputed company, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. reputed company offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.