Overview In this role you will own and evolve the test automation strategy for Guidewire Cloud and AI-powered services, delivering resilient, automated testing and AI-assisted capabilities. You will work closely with product, platform, and SRE teams to raise reliability, security, and performance standards while enabling zero-downtime releases. You'll spend most time hands-on building frameworks and CI/CD integrations, with a strong emphasis on GenAI-driven testing. This is a chance to shape how Guidewire delivers secure, scalable cloud solutions for P&C insurers.
Compensation / Benefits- Flexible work environment
- Health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off including volunteer time off
- Market-competitive pay and incentive programs
- Continual development and internal career growth opportunities
Responsibilities- Own end-to-end architecture and evolution of test automation frameworks and tooling across Guidewire Cloud and AI-powered services
- Spend at least 70% of time hands-on designing, implementing, and optimizing automation frameworks (API, UI, data, contract, performance) in Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Embed automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support zero-downtime releases, partnering with SRE
- Design and integrate AI/GenAI-based testing capabilities for test generation, data creation, defect detection, and edge-case discovery
- Collaborate with architects, product managers, and engineers to define quality objectives aligned with PDO priorities
- Establish best practices, coding standards, and governance for test automation in distributed microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, Avro, Parquet
- Mentor SDETs and engineers, spreading quality practices via reviews, pairing, and reusable patterns
- Support Guidewire's mission by delivering secure, resilient cloud services and AI-powered experiences
Key requirements- 12+ years of hands-on software testing, automation, and framework-level architectures for distributed systems
- Strong programming skills in Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts and their impact on testing
- REST API test automation with Karate or Cucumber; browser automation with Selenium WebDriver, Playwright, or TestCafe
- Experience testing workloads in containers and Kubernetes; environment provisioning, test data strategies, and observability integration
- Practical experience designing or integrating AI/GenAI-based testing solutions or agents
- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills with a bias toward automation
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional influence
- collaboration
- influencing across teams
- problem-solving
- Java
- Python
- JavaScript
