Guidewire Software · 3 weeks ago
AI Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$132K/yr - $198K/yr
12+ years expGuidewire Software is a leading platform for P&C insurers, known for its innovative cloud services. The AI Architect role is a technical leadership position focused on defining and driving the enterprise AI strategy, translating business objectives into production-grade AI systems that deliver measurable impact. This position involves end-to-end design and delivery of AI solutions while mentoring senior engineers and ensuring responsible AI integration across the organization.
Enterprise SoftwareProperty & Casualty InsuranceSoftwareInsurTech
Responsibilities
Define and own Guidewire's enterprise AI architecture vision — establishing technical direction, design standards, and reference implementations across all BizTech AI initiatives
Architect and lead delivery of production AI systems: multi-agent orchestration platforms, RAG and GraphRAG knowledge systems, LLM-powered workflows, and enterprise context graph initiatives spanning all Systems of Record
Own the full-stack AI architecture — from AWS infrastructure and data pipelines (Kafka, Iceberg, dbt, pgvector) through LLM gateway design, agent orchestration (LangGraph or equivalent), and user interfaces
Help define enterprise AI security and governance standards — covering IAM, ABAC policy enforcement, PII handling, prompt injection defence, hallucination detection, and audit trail design for SOX and GDPR compliance
Lead complex, multi-team AI programs end to end — from stakeholder alignment and architectural design through delivery, adoption, and measured business outcomes across concurrent initiatives
Help drive technology evaluation and build-vs-buy decisions across the AI tooling portfolio
Partner with Data Governance, Security, Legal, and Compliance teams to embed AI responsibly across the organisation
Mentor senior engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence, pragmatic innovation, and accountable delivery across the BizTech organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
12+ years in enterprise software architecture, with at least 2 years designing and delivering production AI/ML or LLM-based systems at scale
Proven track record leading large, complex enterprise AI programs — multi-year, multi-team initiatives with clear, measurable business outcomes
AWS expertise: Bedrock, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, Kinesis, IAM, VPC. AWS Solutions
Full-stack AI fluency: event ingestion and streaming pipelines, vector and graph databases, LLM orchestration and agent frameworks, API design, and front-end delivery
Experience with AI observability and evaluation — trace instrumentation, eval frameworks, and production monitoring (Datadog LLM Observability, LangSmith, or equivalent)
iPaaS and integration architecture experience — Workato, MuleSoft, or equivalent for enterprise SoR integration and event-driven automation
5+ years of technical leadership — mentoring senior engineers, driving architecture strategy, and managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships
Excellent communication and executive presence — able to present complex AI architecture decisions clearly to both engineering teams and senior business leadership
Demonstrated experience shipping Generative AI systems in production enterprise environments, with measurable impact on business outcomes
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off
A company sponsored retirement plan
Annual company bonus plan
Commissions
Long term incentive awards
Company
Guidewire Software
Guidewire Software provides core back-end systems software to the global property, casual and worker's compensation insurance industry.
1001-5000 employees
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Engineering and Development
Product Management
Customer Service and Support
Management and Executive
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Human Resources
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*2026 (41)
2025 (78)
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2023 (85)
2022 (117)
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2020 (148)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$624.75M2024-10-15Post Ipo Debt· $600M
2012-01-25IPO
2008-03-28Series C· $0.75M
Leadership Team
Mike Rosenbaum
CEO
Shaji Sethu
Senior Vice President and General Manager APAC
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