IND Lead Software Engineer - Duck Creek Policy

IND Lead Software Engineer - GCC026 We’re determined to make a difference and are proud to be an insurance company that goes well beyond coverages and policies. Working here means having every opportunity to achieve your goals – and to help others accomplish theirs, too. Join our team as we help shape the future.

Duck Creek Policy Configurator / Developer Location: Hyderabad, India Employment Type: Full-Time Experience: 4-8 Years   Position Overview The Hartford is seeking a skilled Duck Creek Policy Configurator / Developer to design, configure, test, and support policy administration capabilities for Property & Casualty insurance products. This hands-on engineering role will be responsible for translating product and business requirements into maintainable Duck Creek Policy configurations. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Duck Creek Policy and Author , a sound understanding of P&C insurance, and an ownership mindset focused on product speed-to-market, configuration quality, production stability, and customer outcomes.

Duck Creek Policy Configuration Configure and maintain insurance products using Duck Creek Policy and Author . Implement policy lifecycle capabilities, including quote, rating, underwriting, issuance, endorsements, renewals, cancellations, and reinstatements. Configure forms, screens, fields, validation rules, business rules, workflows, transactions, and product definitions. Develop and maintain manuscripts, XML-based configurations, XSLT transformations, JavaScript components, and SQL scripts. Analyse requirements and perform impact assessments across products, transactions, integrations, and downstream systems. Maintain technical documentation, configuration specifications, and implementation decisions aligned to best practices guideline Software Engineering and Integration Develop and consume REST and SOAP services supporting Policy integrations. Collaborate with integration teams to connect Duck Creek Policy with billing, claims, document generation, customer, data, and external partner systems. Participate in peer reviews and address feedback related to code quality, maintainability, security, and performance. Create unit tests and support functional, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing. Follow ‘AI First’ development approach, use inhouse AI Agents for day-to-day activities Contribute reusable components, development guidelines, and Duck Creek engineering best practices Duck Creek OnDemand Alignment Evaluate available Duck Creek OnDemand capabilities before developing custom solutions. Support Duck Creek upgrades, product updates, cloud releases, and feature-adoption activities. Identify obsolete configurations, customization risks, and opportunities to reduce technical debt. Ensure configurations remain compatible, maintainable, and supportable across platform upgrades. Delivery and Business Outcome Ownership Own assigned capabilities from requirements analysis through development, testing, deployment, and production stabilization. Provide accurate delivery estimates and communicate dependencies, risks, issues, and mitigation plans. Troubleshoot configuration, integration, data, performance, and production issues and drive them to resolution. Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, and retrospectives. MUST HAVE Skills 4-6 years of Duck application development experience, including strong hands-on experience with Duck Creek Policy Certification Hands-on expertise in Duck Creek Author and Policy product configuration. Experience configuring policy transactions, business rules, validations, forms, screens, workflows, and product definitions. Strong understanding of the P&C insurance policy lifecycle, including quoting, underwriting, issuance, endorsements, renewals, cancellations, and reinstatements. Experience with Duck Creek manuscripts and configuration technologies