About Guidewire
What is Guidewire?
Guidewire is the software platform that the world's property and casualty (P&C) insurers trust to run their business. As the company puts it, "We transform the way the world's P&C insurers do business," combining "digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service." Its flagship Guidewire Cloud and InsuranceSuite products — PolicyCenter, ClaimCenter, BillingCenter, PricingCenter and UnderwritingCenter — handle everything from policy administration and claims to billing, pricing and underwriting, alongside analytics tools and Guidewire AI. Founded in 2001 by "six scrappy entrepreneurs with a vision to transform the landscape of P&C insurance," Guidewire went public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: GWRE) in 2012 and today serves a global insurance community of more than 540 insurers.
Where will I work?
Guidewire is headquartered in San Mateo, California, and runs "operations across 17 countries." Beyond its US base, it operates major hubs including Dublin, Ireland (its EMEA headquarters since 2022 and its largest employee community outside the US), London and Sydney (both since 2005), and a Global Services Center in Bengaluru, India. The company "take[s] a flexible approach to work, but our physical offices offer a supportive and collaborative culture" — in practice a hybrid model, with teams that "work collaboratively in a hybrid environment" and roles posted as both office-based and US-remote.
What is the Guidewire team like?
Guidewire's culture rests on three long-standing values: Integrity, Rationality — "making decisions carefully on the basis of factual evidence" — and Collegiality, defined as "working together as professional equals with a minimum of hierarchy." The company describes a culture that "centers on determination, collaboration, continuous improvement, and bravery," where "each of us bring[s] a little quirkiness — and a little genius — to the table." It's a deeply technical, engineering-led organisation: most open roles are in software engineering, cloud platform and AI/ML, building the systems that power insurers worldwide.
Work-Life Balance
Guidewire backs flexibility with "generous paid time off programs," plus "three volunteer days" and "My Day," a personal day of rest. New parents receive "16 weeks of paid leave." Its standout perks are two global-mobility programs: Go Flex Global lets employees "work in [a] country for up to 30 workdays per 12-month period," and Go Global lets them relocate to any of "17 countries" after two years, with "immigration support, along with medical benefits if needed." Guidewire has been certified by Great Place to Work Ireland (Best Workplaces, Ireland 2025).
Perks and Benefits
Guidewire offers "health insurance for you and your family," an "employee assistance program," "access to wellness resources," and an "annual wellness reimbursement." On the financial side, employees get "market-competitive pay and incentive programs" and "generous support through retirement savings plans." The company invests in growth through "self-directed learning" and career mobility across teams and locations, summed up as "lifelong learning is here for the taking."