Principal Software Engineer

Chubb • Jersey City, NJ

24d • $230,000 - $260,000

About The Position

Over the past five years, we’ve architected and delivered a profitable insurtech platform from the ground up, proving the impact of technical vision and flawless execution. As we accelerate our digital transformation across new business segments, we seek a senior technical leader ready to influence engineering by architecting advanced, enterprise-scale solutions using cutting-edge and emerging technologies - including GenAI - to drive the proactive design of next-generation systems. On our team, you’ll be empowered to make critical architectural decisions, enforce engineering best practices, and ensure every application is built for long-term scalability, resilience, and optimal performance. Your technical leadership will shape our digital platforms, reduce technical debt, and deliver measurable business value. In this role, you will: Lead and architect mission-critical, enterprise-level technology initiatives across multiple lines of business Deliver hands-on solutions using modern programming languages (Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, C/C++, etc.) for both proofs-of-concept and production systems, using GenAI models and BMAD Drive system and data integration efforts, designing robust APIs and data/object models Influence technology strategy and evolution, ensuring best-fit solutions for complex business challenges leveraging cutting edge technology including GenAI Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization, including presenting to C-level executives to secure buy-in and set technology direction Manage goals and deliverables, demonstrating success with KPIs, OKRs, on-time/on-budget delivery, and remediation of mission-critical projects

Requirements

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Engineering or a Technical discipline
• 15+ years of software development and/or application architecture experience
• 5+ years in system/data integration
• 3+ years in API design and/or data/object modeling
• Hands-on coding experience in modern languages for both prototyping and production (Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, C/C++, etc.)
• Deep delivery involvement leading mission-critical initiatives and multi-system/multi-LoB architecture
• Up-to-date cloud expertise (certification or equivalent experience required); Azure preferred by expertise with alternate hyper-scalers like AWS, GCP, etc.
• Proven track record of delivering multiple projects into production, including enterprise-level digital transformation

Nice To Haves

• Insurance or Financial Services background is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect mission-critical, enterprise-level technology initiatives across multiple lines of business
• Deliver hands-on solutions using modern programming languages (Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, C/C++, etc.) for both proofs-of-concept and production systems, using GenAI models and BMAD
• Drive system and data integration efforts, designing robust APIs and data/object models
• Influence technology strategy and evolution, ensuring best-fit solutions for complex business challenges leveraging cutting edge technology including GenAI
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization, including presenting to C-level executives to secure buy-in and set technology direction
• Manage goals and deliverables, demonstrating success with KPIs, OKRs, on-time/on-budget delivery, and remediation of mission-critical projects

Benefits

• Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found on our careers website
• This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees