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Job Opportunities: Senior Application Developer - Guidewire

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$90,000 - 115,000 yearly

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Job Description - Job Opportunities: Senior Application Developer - Guidewire


 


Job ID: 10067 



Employment Type:
Existing Role 


Working Business Language: English. This role is considered a head-office role and will be required to communicate with internal stakeholders across Canada where the primary business language utilized is English.
 


Salary: At Wawanesa, salary is only one component of a holistic, comprehensive and competitive offering that we provide to our employees. In addition to salary, full-time and part-time permanent employees are eligible for an annual bonus plan, leave of absence top-up programs and provided with generous vacation time, personal days, premium free benefits and pension plan. 
 


The salary offered for this role is determined with consideration to various factors, including but not limited to: your work location, local labour market conditions, external market salary data, internal pay equity and the knowledge, skills, experience and anticipated proficiency in the role. The salary offered is estimated to be within the following range: $90,000 - $115,000. Candidates with salary expectations outside of the range are still encouraged to apply. 


 


About Us
At Wawanesa, we offer a hybrid work environment that offers flexibility to our employees in balancing in-office (2 days per week OR 15 hours per week in a Wawanesa office) and remote work. You may work from any of the following locations: Winnipeg, MB; Wawanesa, MB; Vancouver, BC; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Lethbridge, AB; Toronto (North York), ON; Kitchener, ON; Ottawa, ON; Montreal, QC; Quebec City, QC, Moncton, NB; Dartmouth; NS. 
 


The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (“Wawanesa Mutual”), founded in 1896, is one of Canada’s largest mutual insurers, with over $3.5 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10 billion (CAD). Wawanesa Mutual, with its National Headquarters in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada, and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Canada. Wawanesa proudly serves more than 1.7 million members in Canada, and we are home to more than 3,300 employees distributed across the Canadian regions and communities where we operate. We give back to organizations that strengthen communities, donating more than $3.5 million annually to charitable organizations, including over $2 million annually in support of people on the front lines of climate change. We are also proud to be recognized as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers. To learn more visit wawanesa.com. 



We are currently looking for dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in an environment that welcomes change and are looking for an opportunity for diverse experience and advancement on a growing team.
 


Job Overview

Working under minimal supervision, this role contributes to Wawanesa’s success by designing, building, and enhancing AI-driven solutions and core business applications, with a strong focus on integrating AI capabilities into enterprise platforms such as Guidewire.
The role plays a critical part in delivering end-to-end AI solutions—from idea to production—while ensuring system reliability, scalability, and operational resilience. It supports the organization’s transformation through cloud-based architecture, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities, enabling smarter decision-making across multiple lines of business.

Job Responsibilities


  • Design, develop, and test software across AI-driven solutions and Guidewire applications.

  • Prepare technical specifications from requirements.

  • Ensure successful completion of developer assignments by estimating and tracking progress of assigned work.

  • Build and integrate AI solutions using modern technologies (e.g., Python, APIs, cloud services).

  • Develop AI capabilities such as RAG-based solutions, automation workflows, and conversational interfaces.

  • Implement integrations across AWS services and internal/external platforms to enable end-to-end solution workflows.

  • Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure reliability, correctness, and stability of services and agentic workflows.

  • Implement and maintain logging, monitoring, and observability solutions to support debugging, tracing, and production support.

  • Maintain the operation of business systems and applications.

  • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve application incidents.

  • Participate in planning activities.

  • Improve upon and ensure adherence to the established practices, processes, and guidelines.

  • Create and update relevant documentation.

  • Keep current with relevant technologies.

  • Mentor other Application Developers.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications


  • Completion of post-secondary degree or diploma in software development or equivalent experience.

  • 5+ years of practical experience in application development, including enterprise systems.

  • Experience integrating systems using APIs and working with relational databases and SQL.

  • Strong experience with Python and modern development frameworks.

  • Experience working in AWS environments (e.g., Lambda, S3, EC2, IAM, API Gateway).

  • Understanding or hands-on exposure to AI/ML or Generative AI concepts (LLMs, prompt engineering, retrieval patterns).

  • Hands-on experience with agent frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, etc.)

  • Hands-on experience with Guidewire PolicyCenter or ClaimsCenter configuration (product model, UI, validations, forms, workflows)



Diversity Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

At Wawanesa, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) and believe that our strength lies in the diversity of our people – this is supported by having a representative workforce.


We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including racialized persons, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, gender-diverse and neurodiverse individuals, and anyone who can contribute to the further diversification of thought and ideas. 
 


We aim to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all candidates. If you require accommodations during any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out in confidence to [email protected].
 


All Wawanesa job applicants are subject to Wawanesa's .


Please note that the recruitment process for this position may involve the use of AI tools to screen, assess, or select applicants. All final decisions are taken or reviewed by human recruiters and human hiring leaders in compliance with all applicable legislation.  
 


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