Sr. Platform Engineer

Job Description

Responsible to act as the technical lead for multiple engineering teams working to enhance and maintain the core system underlying our modernized Policy & Underwriting technology globally, including all integrations and interfaces upstream as well as downstream.

This role requires deep knowledge of the Duck Creek platform, strong architecture background, design thinking, thought leadership, change orientation, seamless execution, strong relationship management and effective communication capabilities.

This role will be a partner with business architecture and enterprise architecture team to define optimum application and solution architecture to meet current and future underwriting and policy admin platform needs.

Scope/Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and implementation of new development tools to accelerate development within Duck Creek implementations.
• Lead triage and diagnosis of critical system issues as they arise in our various implementations globally.
• Lead end-to-end development and implementation of new insurance products, packages on Chubb's Duck Creek Platform.
• Lead technical decisions in major remediation and re-design projects for Duck Creek implementations.

  Build internal expertise on Duck Creek Platform working with HR, vendor partners and personal relationships in the industry.

• Hire and assist in mentoring more junior engineers to enable the next generation workforce within the team.
• Communicate regularly in accordance with agreed upon communications plan.
• Prepare and deliver formal presentations on project and status for business and technology leadership.
• Enable transition from an iterative waterfall to an agile-based operating model.
• Manage and deliver development projects within the allocated budget partnering with finance to ensure appropriate accounting treatment of costs.
• Keep on top of Duck Creek Technology Product Roadmap and the industry trends including Digital Transformation, InsureTech, AI/Machine Learning etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in managing multiple, concurrent medium to large cross-functional teams or programs.
• At least 8 years with insurance background required; experience in Commercial lines platform/systems implementation of Duck Creek Policy is required
• At least 6 years of experience on Duck Creek Policy Platform delivering insurance products and capabilities for multiple lines of business
• Deep knowledge of commercial and specialty insurance products and operational processes is required; expertise in assessing internal and external data needs to meet underwriting guidelines is required
• Experience in enabling agile transformation/implementation in medium to large projects/programs is required.
• Hands on knowledge of Duck Creek Policy v7.x+, Duck Creek Author, SQL Server etc.
• At least 5-7 years of hands on experience in technology stack such as .Net, Java, ASP.NET, IIS, SQL Server, HTML, XML, CSS, XSLT etc.

About Us

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. The company is distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.

At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.