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Liberty Mutual Insurance · 12 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer (Full Stack + Guidewire ClaimCenter, Cloud)

Portsmouth, NH, US

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$120K/yr - $225K/yr

8+ years exp

Liberty Mutual Insurance is seeking a Principal Software Engineer who will design, build, test, deploy, and support claims technology solutions. The role involves working across the full software development lifecycle, delivering new capabilities in Guidewire ClaimCenter and integrating with enterprise platforms.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Deliver features end-to-end: design, develop, test, deploy, and support software in an Agile product team

Build and enhance solutions in Guidewire ClaimCenter v10.x (configuration and extensions) and related services

Develop backend services and integrations using Java / Spring Boot, APIs, and event/integration patterns

Create and maintain APIs and integrations using Apigee and enterprise integration standards

Implement secure authentication/authorization patterns leveraging Ping Identity

Design, optimize, and query data models; troubleshoot performance issues in SQL Server and application data flows

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, automation, quality gates); use developer productivity tooling such as Copilot where appropriate

Operate and support production systems: debugging, incident support, root-cause analysis, and reliability improvements

Improve observability and operational readiness using Datadog and Splunk (metrics, logs, tracing, dashboards, alerting)

Participate in technical discovery/ideation, estimate work, write user stories/tasks, and contribute to documentation (runbooks, deployment guides, support docs)

Technical leader for a system/domain: ensuring direction for architecture, integration strategy, reliability, and security posture are followed by the team

Leads complex initiatives (major integration, modernization, greenfield components) spanning ClaimCenter, cloud platforms, and enterprise services

Ensures established standards for observability, deployment, resiliency, and developer productivity across teams

Partners with product, architecture, and security stakeholders; makes and communicates trade-offs clearly

Mentors team members and ensures High-Performing Engineering standards are chosen and monitored with the team

Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean code, testing, debugging, and design

Experience integrating systems via APIs and working with enterprise standards (security, logging, monitoring)

Ability to work in Agile teams using modern delivery practices (iteration, experimentation, continuous improvement)

Effective communication and collaboration; able to document and explain technical decisions

Experience and openness to utilizing AI Software Development Tools (GitHub Actions Copilot etc.)

Qualification

Guidewire ClaimCenterJavaSpring BootAWSSQL ServerCI/CDAPI DevelopmentCloud FoundryEffective CommunicationTeam CollaborationMentoringProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical or business discipline, or equivalent experience

8+ years of software engineering experience

Guidewire ClaimCenter v10.x expertise

Full stack developer experience