Senior AI Engineer - Guidewire
CNA Financial Corporation4 months ago
Base Salary
$72k - $141k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive an AI-first engineering vision and strategy across development teams.
- Lead and mentor engineering teams in effective and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools.
- Establish governance, standards, and best practices for AI-generated code, including quality, security, compliance, and maintainability.
- Review, validate, and standardize AI-generated outputs using strong engineering judgment.
- Architect and deliver scalable, cloud-native, API-driven enterprise solutions.
- Guide teams in building production-grade applications using modern engineering and integration practices.
- Enable AI-assisted coding, testing, debugging, automation, reusable patterns, and improved developer experience.
- Collaborate with business, product, architecture, and platform teams to align AI-driven solutions with business outcomes.
- Drive API-first and event-driven integration strategies across enterprise systems.
- Provide technical oversight and leadership for complex programs and cross-functional initiatives.
- Lead adoption of automation, observability, and test-driven development practices.
- Evaluate emerging technologies in AI, automation, and developer productivity.
- Support production readiness, troubleshooting, application performance, and reliability improvements.
- Contribute to or guide implementations involving Guidewire InsuranceSuite and Digital Solutions.
- Mentor and develop engineers and foster continuous learning and innovation.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- Typically 8+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proven experience driving AI-assisted development or developer-productivity practices at scale.
- Hands-on experience with tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools.
- Experience defining standards, frameworks, governance models, and best practices for AI-assisted engineering.
- Experience mentoring teams and enabling AI adoption across engineering organizations.
- Strong understanding of secure coding and compliance in AI-enabled environments.
- Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Experience with API-first, integration, and event-driven architectures.
- Ability to build scalable, production-grade applications and familiarity with automation frameworks.
- Full-stack development expertise, including Java/J2EE or a similar stack and UI frameworks.
- Strong knowledge of API design, integration platforms, and web services.
- Experience in technical leadership, architecture, or team enablement roles.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, collaboration, and change-management skills.
- Guidewire InsuranceSuite, Guidewire Digital, Guidewire Cloud Platform, Guidewire integration patterns, P&C insurance, or Guidewire Jutro Digital Platform experience is preferred but not required.
Benefits
- CNA offers a comprehensive benefits package supporting employees and their families’ physical, financial, emotional, and social wellbeing.
- The role is listed as hybrid.
- Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities during the recruiting process.
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About CNA Financial Corporation
CNA Financial Corporation provides commercial property-and-casualty insurance, including specialty coverages, to businesses and professionals across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. It sells through brokers and agents and offers underwriting, risk control, and claims services for sectors such as construction, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology. Headquartered in Chicago and founded in 1897, CNA is majority-owned by Loews Corporation and trades on the NYSE (ticker: CNA).