Senior Backend Engineer - DevOps

Summary Do you understand the power of persistence? Are you ready to get better every day? We're looking for a Senior Python Engineer to join our development team remotely. You’ll play a key role in building products that improve the experience of millions of Guidewire customers worldwide. Working in a team of specialists who have a shared commitment to push further and achieve more. At Guidewire, we're changing the face of insurance. Developing and delivering technology that's crafting the future of the property and casualty industry. We're a global team of more than 3,500 working at scale and speed across a 1 billion dollar platform that gives insurers the tools they need to take care of their customers. Individually mastering our craft, to collectively empower millions. Guidewire Pricing and Rating Team We are part of the team responsible for building and maintaining an insurance pricing platform, which enables insurers to build and deploy advanced pricing models. Leveraging a modern technology stack, machine learning libraries and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), the platform ensures scalability, performance, and security - driving higher profitability for insurers and greater satisfaction for policyholders. The Pricing and Rating platform is a strategic initiative of Guidewire, receiving significant focus and momentum, particularly from a recruitment and resources perspective. You’d be joining a growing team of ~15 engineers divided into agile pods, working on a young product, on a fresh codebase, where lots of decisions still need to be made. Our teams take ownership of all aspects of the software development lifecycle for their solutions, including architecture, coding, quality assurance, infrastructure and deployment strategies. We cooperate with the product team on a daily basis and support sales and customers success teams to drive our product excellence. We value radical candor, curiosity and proactiveness. This role is primarily remote, with flexible working hours. Occasional in-person meetings are required. Job Description Tech Stack Python 3.13: FastAPI, Flask, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, Celery Data: NumPy, pandas, Polars Infrastructure: AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis Your daily work will consist of: - Python development of RESTful APIs using Flask and FastAPI with extensive use of SQLAlchemy and pydantic - Analysing requirements, proposing solutions, spiking, building PoCs and production grade, well tested solutions and releasing them - Supporting, optimizing and maintaining our solutions to meet our SLOs - Cooperating with team members through PR reviews, RFCs/ADRs and agile ceremonies You are our next Talent if you have: - Proficiency in Python development (with minimum of 6 years of experience) - Experience with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, Celery - Experience in building software for high availability using Kubernetes, Docker and cloud-native technologies - Experience using public cloud providers, preferably AWS (including Kubernetes, IAM, S3) - Strong foundation in algorithmics and data structures - Experience in taking ownership of quality through test automation (TDD, BDD are nice to have), preferably in environment with no formal QA role - Expertise in profiling and performance optimization at code, database and infrastructure levels - A high sense of responsibility, good work ethic and a natural curiosity and openness to new ideas and tools - Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts in an English-speaking environment - You are ready to face challenges and solve complex technical problems. - You enjoy working with people and don't mind occasional face to face meetings with the team when needed Nice to have: - Data engineering background or interest, familiarity with NumPy, pandas, Polars 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 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. 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 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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