Product and technical excellence focused culture with strong talent - Senior Engineering Manager Guidewire Employee Review

5.0
15 Apr 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Strong engineering talent is available in Bangalore and globally and has a good collaborative culture. - We get to work with products which has real customer impact. Working on critical systems for insurers gives a clear sense of purpose and technical challenges rather than just feature deivery - Exposure to modern engineering and AI practices. At Guidewire, we heavily invest in AI use cases, cloud native architecture, CI/CD and automation. - The Bangalore location has end to end ownership. Having product management, engineering teams and leadership all co-located helps in faster decision making and innovation. - Good work–life balance

Cons

- Not all teams are at the same level of maturity in cloud native development and CI/CD, so experiences can vary depending on the team - Different teams used different tools and conventions, which created context switching overhead and made standardisation harder for managers having multiple teams. But harmonization initiatives are in progress.

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5.0
16 May 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Internal education and freedom to learn about the industry

Cons

Fully remote means less time spent with other team members

2.0
25 Feb 2026
Recommend
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Pros

NA, can't think of anything positive anymore. It's a micromanaging mess.

Cons

Guidewire makes majors shift every 2 years and the last one to take PgM out of PD into its own department is a micromanaging nightmare. We have more status meetings and spreadsheets to update than time to do any work anymore. 3 places to update if I want to take PTO. 7am and 7pm meetings are now the norm. 6 bosses in 10 years, no one can make up their mind on the direction of the company, projects start and are abandoned constantly.

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