Guidewire

There is a lot of freedom to implement new technologies, as Guidewire seeks to become more than just a software product and more of a platform. This is good, and it shows in the types of hiring they have been moving towards.

Benefits are excellent, especially if you're young, since they offer an HSA and Roth 401k, both excellent tax choices, along with several decent perks such as reduced prices on movie tickets and theme parks.

The company is growing quickly, and management is onboard with what it takes to be competitive while this growth happens by planning transparent quarterly meetings.

Still a lot of cruft from old "NIH" systems. They are progressing in adopting external technologies such as cloud and open-source frameworks, so this will take some time. Everyone seems onboard though, which helps.

Make sure your layers of management stay as small as possible. I have noticed some teams with 7 layers, so there might be room for a re-org in these parts.