Principal Software Architect

Helping careers take flight. Reshaping an industry. Enable your career to be Made on Duck Creek.     

WHO WE ARE:    

Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Our modern SaaS solutions help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.     

Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. With more than 1,000 successful implementations to date, Duck Creek removes the IT burden for insurers so they can focus on the business of insurance.    

We have a flock of more than 1,800 employees across the globe and are proud to be a Flexible-First employer. We empower our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home, or on a hybrid schedule. Our flexible-first environment fosters productivity, inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location.    

If working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world’s oldest and largest industries sounds exciting, let us know. We are excited you are considering Duck Creek as a future employer and hope you decide to join “The Flock”!    

To learn more about us, visit www.duckcreek.com and follow us on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter.   

TITLE: Principal Software Architect    

WHAT YOU’LL DO:    

The Principal Software Architect acts as an architecture leader in a domain area in multiple activities and teams. Responsible for the high-level design/architecture decisions and drives continuous improvement in architecture and engineering across the whole Suite of software products.    

• Acts as a Domain Architect for an entire domain area, leading and representing the design/architecture decisions of that domain area.    

• Provides architectural and technical leadership, participating and leading with Enterprise Architecture Communities of Practice.    

• Refines technical backlog items and creation of the overall solution concept and architectural direction for multiple engineering teams.    

• Provides guidance and support to the developers in multiple engineering teams in the completion of stories against design/architecture plans.    

• Mentor and help develop engineers and architects in their career growth.    

• Drives and coordinates our technical position with key technology vendors.    

• Can be hands-on, designing and coding solutions for Agile stories with key architectural impact.    

WHAT YOU’VE DONE:    

• Bachelor’s degree, or higher education level, or its foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Information Sciences, and/or related field.    

• 7+ years experience in architecture with 5+ years supervisory and/or strategic leadership experience. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND BEHAVIORS: 

• Expert knowledge of an object-oriented language like Java or C# language and associated frameworks.    

• Expert knowledge of enterprise application architecture patterns and software security best practices.    

• Expert in distributed software patterns, such as DDD, microservices, serverless, and event-driven architecture.    

• Expert in Cloud platforms and cloud-native architectures, including Serverless    

• Expert in relational data storage including database design, query optimization, and database operational considerations.     

• Experience building monitoring, alerting, and observability for maintaining high customer SLAs for SaaS delivered products.    

• Possess excellent analytical ability and is a compulsive problem solver and continuous improver.    

• Must have excellent communication skills, both oral and written, to all audiences (technical and non-technical).    

• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance to meet deadlines.    

• Highly experienced in daily software development activities such as test and infrastructure automation, unit testing, SCM, estimation and root cause analysis.    

   WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW:     

• Travel: 0-10%

• Location: Remote USA 

• Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in the country of job location. The Company does not sponsor visa petitions for this position.   

 WHAT WE STAND FOR:    

Our global company celebrates & leverages the differences each employee brings to the table. Our success is a direct result of an inclusive culture where opportunities to learn from one another occur regardless of title, seniority, or background. This collaborative and team-oriented approach is at the core of how we operate and continuously improve our products, services, and systems.  As such, Duck Creek is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants – to recruit, hire, train, and reward employees for their individual abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, marital, military, or any other protected status.    

We strive to be an example to the world of inclusion, diversity, and equity in all things – where employees are free to be their authentic selves in the workplace and in the communities in which we live. We believe in leading by example and are proud of the diversity of our team and our shared commitment to our Core Values: We Prioritize Respect; We Listen; We Care; We Add Value; and We Lead.  

To learn more about our inclusive company culture, values, DE&I initiatives, and people, please visit: https://www.duckcreek.com/life-at-duck-creek/.   

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Duck Creek Technologies does not accept, nor will we pay a fee for any hires resulting from unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes.