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JOB SUMMARY

The Arch Insurance Technology team is responsible for solving human, technology, and business challenges through innovative solutions. The Sr. Architect, internally known as Domain Architectplays a key role in driving technology strategy and technical solutions across a domain comprising multiple products and systems. This individual ensures that solutions align with Arch's overall technical strategy, support engineering best practices, and maximize code and deployment efficiency.

ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS

Leadership & Management

• Demonstrated ability to develop others, especially in solution and technical architecture.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; adept at tailoring messages based on audience level.

Technical

• Highly solution-oriented with a strong sense of technical curiosity.
• Skilled at translating complex technical concepts into understandable language.
• Able to repurpose existing solutions for new challenges.
• Understands cross-domain execution of processes and tasks.

Business

• Supports and enables enterprise-wide architecture initiatives.
• Aligns technical solutions with business objectives in the P&C insurance industry.

Personal

• Strong listener, able to convert pain points into practical solutions.
• Results-driven; able to work independently and collaboratively.
• Proactive mindset with a hands-on approach to driving business value.
• Passion for learning new technologies and market trends to inspire innovation.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Core Responsibilities

Leadership, People & Talent

• Define and support the establishment of KPIs/OKRs to measure domain success from a technology perspective.

Strategy

• Develop technology roadmaps that align with enterprise and domain strategy, including modernization and technical debt reduction.
• Prepare and present solution design options, highlighting trade-offs.
• Promote an enterprise mindset, collaborating with architects and security teams to ensure cohesive, efficient solutions.
• Identify interdependencies across products and communicate impacts effectively.
• Stay on top of market and tech trends; assess and prioritize based on business value.
• Define ROI and identify the competitive edge of emerging technologies.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to uncover challenges and co-design effective solutions.

Technical Management (Delivery, Product, Operations)

• Monitor and report on the domain's technical health and maturity.
• Recommend consistent, best-practice technical solutions aligned with business outcomes and industry standards.
• Advocate for tech debt reduction, platform security, and compliance.
• Guide and support technical proofs of concept and evaluations.
• Maintain up-to-date technical and architectural documentation in line with enterprise standards.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field - or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of related technical and strategic experience.

Preferred Technical Experience:

• Application and service modernization, including:
  • Cloud technologies
  • Microservices architecture
  • RESTful APIs
  • DevSecOps
  • Containerization

Domain Knowledge:

• Experience in insurance and/or financial services is a strong plus.

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For individuals assigned or hired to work in the location(s) indicated below, the base salary range is provided. Range is as of the time of posting. Position is incentive eligible.

For Raleigh: $114,800- 178,214/year

For Jersey City: $144,100 - $223,693/year

• Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long-term incentives) offered will take into account a number of factors including but not limited to geographic location, scope & responsibilities of the role, qualifications, talent availability & specialization as well as business needs. The above pay range may be modified in the future.

• Arch is committed to helping employees succeed through our comprehensive benefits package that includes multiple medical plans plus dental, vision and prescription drug coverage; a competitive 401k with generous matching; PTO beginning at 20 days per year; up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid days of Volunteer Time Offer; basic Life and AD&D Insurance as well as Short and Long-Term Disability; Paid Parental Leave of up to 10 weeks; Student Loan Assistance and Tuition Reimbursement, Backup Child and Elder Care; and more. Click here to learn more on available benefits.

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