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Who We Are

Insurity’s vision is all about empowerment.  Empowering insurance organizations to quickly capitalize on new opportunities by delivering the world’s most configurable, cloud-native, easy-to-use, and intuitively analytical software.  It’s also about empowering our team members through tools, training, teamwork, and professional development opportunities.

To talk the talk, we must walk the walk.  We are the largest cloud-based insurance software provider for the Property & Casualty market. In 2021, we were trusted by 15 of the top 25 P&C carriers – now, in 2024, we are trusted by 22 of the top 25 P&C carriers. That’s proof we walk the walk.  While our product suites are some of the most compelling in the industry, it’s our team members who deliver the exceptional value and unrivaled industry expertise our customers appreciate from us.

Our team tells us over and over; working at Insurity offers you the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from some of the most creative and knowledgeable minds in insurance technology.  You’ll feel welcomed even before you start your first day with us through our award-winning onboarding program.

Take the first step to joining our team by applying today and we look forward to seeing #UatInsurity.

Insurity’s Next Program Architect

Reporting to the CTO, you will partner with the Enterprise Architecture Team to lead initiatives across all products, teams, and technical solutions.  Provide support and guidance to our Application Technology Owners in working to build cloud architecture as a competency. Participate as part of the Architecture Review Board in overseeing new technical directions and initiatives across all product teams.  Provide vision, direction, and leadership in driving our Cloud architecture strategies for the future.  Develop prototypes as necessary.

What Our Program Architect Will Do

  • Technology
    • Investigate, assess and conduct proofs of concept of new technologies to determine solutions that are best fit for our cost structure, skill structure, and our company
    • Evangelize new technologies across all stakeholders 
    • Lead in setting the development & architecture standards for cloud solutions      
  • Domain-Specific Architecture
    • Define the appropriate guidelines, standards, best practices, templates, and reference implementations in the cloud architecture domain
    • Work with Enterprise Architects to guide the community of architects and developers
  • Leadership
    • Serve as a thought leader in the cloud architecture field
    • Provide leadership, coaching, mentorship and technical guidance to team members 
    • Prepare and present to all stakeholders, including customers 
  • Agile Process Role
    • Participate in planning, exploration, definition, and high-level design of solutions
    • Work with customers, stakeholders, and suppliers to establish high-level solution intent, and documentation requirements 
    • Establish critical NFRs
    • Analyze the impact of design decisions with an economic framework 
    • Work with portfolio stakeholders, Product, and Enterprise Architects to develop, analyze, split, and realize the implementation of enabler epics  
    • Participate in Program Increment (PI) Planning and Pre- and Post-PI Planning, System and Solution Demos, and Inspect and Adapt(I&A) events 
    • Plan and develop the Architectural Runway in support of new business Features and Capabilities  
  • Other
    • Represent the company as a technical expert with business partners (customers, prospects, partners) 
    • Stay up to date on industry and job-related trends and best practices, including reading relevant publications, articles, blogs, etc. 
    • Other duties as assigned 

Who We’re Looking For

An expert that can demonstrate the following:

Core Skills

  • Extreme Ownership, self-starter, independent worker
  • Analytical and critical thinking 
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Detail-oriented & big picture focused 
  • Able to give and receive feedback in a positive manner 
  • Process analysis, design, and management 
  • Consultative skills 
  • Change agent and initiator 
  • Ability to accurately present information 
  • Experience with a variety of systems and domains and hands-on experience building, deploying and maintaining cloud systems

Technical Acumen

  • Expert level experience with cloud architectures including
    • Containers/Kubernetes
    • Azure services, including Service Fabric and Cloud Services
    • AWS services
    • PaaS, IaaS and SaaS services, their unique pros and cons, and optimizing use of each
    • Ability to lead platform reviews and consulting on move to cloud and transitions to new platforms
    • Provide architectural reviews and consulting on cloud networking
  • Cloud cost modeling and analysis for both AWS and Azure
  • Expert level in Application and Service-to-Service Security, including:
    • Authentication, Authorization, SSO, Auditing
    • Secure coding practices
    • Secure SDLC
    • Zero Trust security principles
  • Logging, Tracing, and Telemetry Platforms
  • DevOps / IAC

Miscellaneous

  • 12 years as a senior technology leader, with 5 years as a software architect
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (equivalent work experience may be considered).
  • Master’s degree a plus 
  • Some travel within the US, Canada and India

What’s In It For U

  • Remote Work First: Work and Engage with team members in a remote first environment from your home office.
  • Generous Time Off: Our leadership believes in taking the time you need when you need it through our open PTO Policy.
  • Health Care Benefits + Provident Fund Participation: You might think these are table stakes, but we know these matter to you.
  • More Than Just Core Values: Our values are fundamental in how we attract, train, and retain top talent.
  • Award-Winning Onboarding Program: We set you up from the get-go to make a significant impact from Day One and follow you through your entire first year.
  • Real Career Growth Opportunities: We love to promote from within with over 20% of our open roles filled through internal applicants on average.
  • Mentorship Program: We support a champion culture and growth mindset by pairing you with experienced, talented leaders to help you grow personally and professionally.
  • Internal Networking: Build relationships, network, collaborate, and stay connected with colleagues internally with our one-of-a kind online Coffee for Two program.
  • Continuous Learning Opportunities: Own your development with your own LinkedIn Learning and Kaplan licenses.
  • Employee Referral Bonus: Once you come onboard, give Insurity the biggest compliment you can give by referring someone to work here and earn a cash bonus as applicable.

We have five Core Values at Insurity; one of which is to Act with Integrity.  Providing pay transparency helps you make the best decision for you.  We continuously analyze and update our salary ranges for our roles according to market trends to not only ensure our employees are paid fairly, but also help close gender, race, and disability wage gaps.  Along with the benefits listed above, the salary range for this role is $130,000 to $190,000 USD, commensurate with experience.

Insurity is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are dedicated to creating an exceptional work environment for all our employees by extending a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into the very fabric of our organization.  We embrace differences and diversity of identity, experience, and thought, and actively strive for inclusive behaviors across our company.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and/or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.  Please contact us to request accommodation.

Thank you for your interest in Insurity!  Please understand that due to the volume of applicants we receive, only selected candidates will be contacted.