FBS Agile Dev Team Member I, Guidewire

About the Role

Agile Dev Team Members have collective responsibility for the design, development, testing, and/or deployment of system functionality. This role, with primarily a development discipline, provides technical feasibility using basic coding methods and adheres to coding standards. The role ensures systems are high in code and component quality and easily modifiable to support future requirements with frequent support and guidance from more senior developers or architects.

Note: The Agile Dev Team Member I will rarely work on more than one type of task and is limited to consistently pull the next highest priority work item.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrates understanding to customer needs by interpreting basic process or system solutions and providing input into system design.
• Effectively writes and refines user stories, including clear and accurate acceptance criteria.
• Performs basic impact assessment relating people, processes, and/or technology, and estimates user stories using relative sizing of story points.
• Partners with the Product Owner to confirm code and acceptance tests reflect the desired functionality.
• Demonstrates understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) to build in quality.
• Documents and implements programs according to standards and conventions with guidance from senior team members.
• Performs basic quality checks of program code, related objects, and documentation.
• Delivers working code each sprint.
• Analyzes system and business requirements for testability.
• Identifies common errors that occur in standard application testing.
• Develops, documents, executes, and maintains test cases and test data.
• Reports status of test plan execution through defect logs and defect tracking systems.
• Defines basic test plans needed to achieve appropriate level of coverage.
• Analyzes test results and assists with troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Utilizes basic testing tools and executes basic data creation tools.
• Demonstrates ability to read automation test results.
• Demonstrates understanding and applies concepts of Risk Based Testing.
• Demonstrates limited ability to write test cases describing business behavior to facilitate automation.
• Supports application development, implementation, and user training activities, as required.
• Participates in key ceremonies to drive execution, improve flow, and ensure transparency with guidance from a senior team member.
• Plans work via the preparation for and participation in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Sprint Planning, including the development and committing to Team PI Objectives and Sprint goals.
• Demonstrates working code to Product and Business Owners and supports the Product Owner in the execution of the iteration and PI System Demos.
• Actively participates in Sprint Retrospectives and Inspect & Adapt to timely discuss opportunities for improvement and is responsible for carrying out the execution of improvement stories.
• Participates in Daily Stand-ups to assess progress toward sprint goals and raise impediments.
• Participates in on-going and scheduled Backlog Refinement sessions.
• Demonstrates ongoing desire for continuous improvement and building knowledge in area of expertise.
• Actively seeks out development opportunities to develop T-shaped skills and become a cross-functional contributor.
• Practices continuous exploration, continuous integration, and continuous deployment necessary for building the Continuous Delivery Pipeline and implementing DevOps.
• Offers innovative ideas within area of focus to improve processes.
• Actively participates in Agile Dev Team Member Community of Practice (CoP).
• Can facilitate CoP sessions with guidance from leadership and/or peers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Guidewire
• Policy Center
• Gosu
• Guidewire Data Model Extension
• Working REST/SOAP and Java/J2EE knowledge

Qualifications

• Demonstrates entry-level developer skills with basic ability to code instructions for computer programs and limited ability to configure packaged software.
• Demonstrates understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
• Demonstrates ability to read automation test results.
• Demonstrates understanding and applies concepts of Risk Based Testing.
• Demonstrates limited ability to write test cases describing business behavior to facilitate automation.