We’re hiring a Technical Engineering Leader – Guidewire | Pereira, Colombia

GFT is looking for a technical leader with Guidewire experience to join an international project in the insurance industry. You’ll guide engineering teams working on insurance billing systems, make architecture decisions, and lead complex integrations from design through production.

Location and work arrangement

We welcome candidates based in Pereira, nearby cities such as Manizales and Armenia, or elsewhere in Colombia. During the first year, you must be available to travel to the Pereira office once every one to two months.

After the first year, you’ll transition to direct employment with the client under a hybrid arrangement, with two to three days per week in the Pereira office. If you live outside Pereira, you must be willing to relocate to Pereira at that point.

What you’ll do

- Set the technical direction for Guidewire projects and work with Product, Architecture, and business stakeholders to agree on priorities, explain risks, and make trade-offs.
- Design enterprise integrations and distributed systems that meet performance, security, reliability, and compliance requirements.
- Lead delivery from concept through deployment and take ownership of how systems perform in production.
- Mentor engineers, including senior engineers, and help teams improve how they design, test, deploy, and support software.

What you’ll bring

- A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science,



Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience with enterprise applications and at least 3 years leading engineering teams or large-scale technical initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with Guidewire, a strong background in Java and object-oriented design, and experience building enterprise integrations and distributed systems.
- Experience applying Agile practices, influencing technical decisions across teams, and balancing business priorities with scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Conversational English and the ability to explain technical decisions to engineering and business audiences.

Preferred experience

- Hands-on implementation or development experience with Guidewire BillingCenter. Guidewire certifications and insurance industry experience are strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of insurance billing operations, including invoicing, payment plans, fees, collections, payment processing, and customer billing support.
- Experience with Gosu, Guidewire Cloud, PolicyCenter, and integrations across the Guidewire ecosystem.
- Experience with AWS and cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub, DevOps practices, automated testing, and observability tools such as Datadog or Splunk.
- Experience modernizing billing platforms or supporting digital transformation in insurance.

📌 Technical Engineering Leader Guidewire (Pereira)
🏢 Gft Technologies
📍 Pereira