Software Development Engineer in Test

Summary

Join Guidewire’s Product Development and Operations (PDO) team in Bangalore, where we drive innovation in the insurance technology space by building robust, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions. Our team collaborates across functions to deliver high-quality products that empower P&C insurers worldwide. We thrive in a culture of curiosity, continuous learning, and teamwork, leveraging modern technologies to solve complex challenges.

As a Software Development Engineer in Test, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and reliability of Guidewire’s SaaS analytics and microservices. This is an exciting opportunity to work hands-on with automation, contribute to the development of advanced testing frameworks, and help shape the future of insurance technology. We are looking for someone passionate about automation, eager to embrace AI, and ready to make a tangible impact on our products and customers.

What you’ll do

• Design and develop portfolio test automation for end-to-end customer scenarios, ensuring comprehensive coverage and reliability.
• Build and enhance automation frameworks and tools to support continuous integration and deployment of microservices and analytics SaaS solutions.
• Spend over 90% of your time hands-on with automation, driving efficiency and scalability in testing processes.
• Test and automate distributed systems, focusing on scalability, availability, data security, and fault tolerance.
• Develop and implement test strategies for REST APIs, leveraging tools such as Karate and Cucumber.
• Contribute to UI automation using Selenium WebDriver, TestCafe, or Playwright.
• Work with containerization and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes and Docker.
• Develop and leverage AI agents for advanced testing and analysis, supporting Guidewire’s commitment to responsible AI adoption.

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.

What you’ll bring

Required

• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.
• Minimum 3+ years of relevant work experience in software test automation.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Python, JavaScript, or any scripting language.
• Experience with serialization frameworks such as Avro or Parquet.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts, including consistency, availability, durability, reliability, and consensus algorithms.
• Expertise in REST API testing and automation, preferably using Karate or Cucumber.
• Familiarity with UI automation tools (Selenium WebDriver, TestCafe, Playwright).
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Analytical mindset with a strong bias toward automation and continuous improvement.
• Eagerness to learn new technologies and a passion for innovation.

Preferred

• Practical experience in developing and leveraging GenAI or AI agents for testing.
• Experience in the insurance or SaaS domain.

Your Impact

We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement robust automation solutions, contribute to the development of scalable test frameworks, and drive the adoption of AI-driven testing practices. Your work will directly support Guidewire’s mission to deliver reliable, secure, and innovative products to our customers, helping insurers transform their businesses. Over time, your contributions will influence the quality and direction of our technology, benefiting users and the broader Guidewire community.

At Guidewire, you’ll contribute to our wider mission of transforming the way the world’s P&C insurers do business, working alongside a diverse and collaborative team committed to customer success and innovation.

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.

Key skills/competency

• Test Automation
• SaaS Microservices
• Distributed Systems
• REST API Testing
• AI Agents
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Java Programming
• Python Programming
• Selenium WebDriver