Solutions Architect, Financial Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement a comprehensive multi-year technology vision and architectural roadmap for Finance.

• Collaborate with Finance leadership to ensure that technology investments align with business strategies.

• Establish and refine architecture principles, standards, governance, and reusable design patterns.

• Oversee solution design for strategic initiatives, guiding intricate technical decisions.

• Provide technical direction across the Finance technology portfolio to promote architectural consistency.

• Lead a small, high-impact team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, craftsmanship, innovation, and ongoing learning.

• Assess emerging technologies and potential vendor partnerships strategically.

• Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to executive and business stakeholders.

• Spearhead the responsible integration of AI across software architecture, development, testing, documentation, and operations.

• Set measurable outcomes for AI-enabled engineering that enhance productivity, quality, and developer experience.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of progressive experience in software engineering, architecture, or technology leadership.

• Required experience with Duck Creek billing platform, payment systems, accounting applications, or other financial software.

• Demonstrated success in leading architecture for large-scale, mission-critical enterprise platforms.

• Proven experience in developing and leading high-performing technical teams.

• Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to influence across organizational boundaries.

• Extensive knowledge in enterprise architecture, cloud-native platforms (preferably AWS), APIs, event-driven and distributed architectures, modern integration patterns, and engineering platforms.

• Experience managing modern cloud and engineering ecosystems, including infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, CI/CD, observability, security, automation, and developer productivity platforms.

• Background in leading modernization or digital transformation efforts.

• Experience in adopting AI-enabled engineering practices and modern software delivery methods across engineering teams.

• Ability to think strategically while being sufficiently hands-on to guide critical technical decisions.

• Experience in the insurance industry, particularly in Personal Lines P&C, is preferred.

• A bachelor's degree is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for growth and development: your professional and personal advancement is important to us.

• Transparency and kindness: you can count on us to be open, honest, and supportive.

• Support in both good times and bad: we believe in consistently being there for one another.

• A caring community: we are dedicated to creating an environment where each individual feels valued.