Manager, Ml Engineering

India - Bangalore

Product Development and Operations/Full time/Hybrid

Join Guidewire’s Product Development and Operations (PDO) team in Bangalore, where we deliver operational excellence and transformative innovation for the world’s leading P&C insurance software. Our mission is to accelerate AI, cloud, and data platform adoption, ensuring our solutions provide measurable value and efficiency for customers. You’ll collaborate in a culture that values curiosity, teamwork, and continuous improvement, working on cloud-based SaaS products that drive industry change.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-impact team focused on data and machine learning platforms, supporting two pods and managing talented engineers. This role is pivotal in shaping product architecture, driving technical reviews, and fostering a collaborative environment. We seek a leader passionate about cloud innovation, who thrives on solving complex challenges and empowering teams to deliver customer-centric solutions. Job Description What you’ll do Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers across two pods, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and technical excellence. Drive the design, architecture, and technical vision for scalable machine learning platform and end-end ML lifecycle management, ensuring best practices and high-quality outcomes. Collaborate closely with product, design, and operations teams to deliver scalable SaaS solutions that align with Guidewire’s mission and customer needs. Champion the adoption of AI, cloud, and data platform capabilities, embedding GenAI and automation into daily operations and product offerings. Guide the team through complex problem-solving, technical challenges, and cross-functional initiatives, ensuring timely and impactful delivery. Conduct regular performance reviews and provide career development coaching.

What you’ll bring

Required: Deep experience in ML Platform engineering and MLOps tools (Kubeflow, MLflow, Sagemaker) Deep understanding of cloud-based product development and SaaS architectures 12+ years of experience with minimum 3 years of technical leadership and team management abilities Experience managing and developing engineering teams, with strong ability to drive results and foster collaboration. Strong skills in design and architecture reviews, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions. Excellent communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills. Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement. Commitment to Guidewire’s values of determination, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Preferred: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience). Experience in the insurance technology domain or with large-scale enterprise SaaS products. Familiarity with GenAI, automation, and cloud-native development best practices.

Your Impact: We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. In your first six months, you’ll build strong relationships with your team, lead the delivery of key ML platform features, and drive architectural improvements that enhance product reliability and customer value. Your leadership will directly support Guidewire’s goals of operational excellence, transformative innovation, and customer-centricity, while helping to embed AI and cloud capabilities across our product portfolio. Over time, your influence will extend across teams, shaping the future of insurance technology and Guidewire’s global impact. What’s in it for you:

The people we employ give their all, and in return, we offer flexibility wherever we can, such as: Flexible work environment Health and Wellness benefits Paid time off programs including volunteer time off Market-competitive pay and incentive programs Continual development and internal career growth opportunities

All new hires participate in our in-person orientation process, designed to help you connect, learn, and thrive from day one.

By joining Guidewire, you’ll contribute to our wider mission of transforming the way the world’s

P&C insurers do business—delivering innovative, secure, and customer-focused solutions that

shape the future of the industry. Interested in this position?

About Guidewire Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire. As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation. For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC. Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.