ServiceNow Claims Platform Engineering Lead

Fortegra•Jacksonville, FL

1d•$120,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Director of Engineering (ServiceNow Claims Platform Lead) to own and evolve a mission-critical specialty claims platform built on top of ServiceNow. This role is designed for an engineering leader with deep platform, integration, and data experience, not a traditional ServiceNow administrator. The claims platform is heavily customized and supports high-volume transactional processing, complex workflows, and deep integrations across policy administration, financial systems, and enterprise data platforms. ServiceNow CSM, App Engine, and Integration Hub are used as development and orchestration tools, not out-of-the-box solutions. This is a player/coach role. The Director sets architectural direction, owns technical standards and production outcomes, and remains hands-on with design and code when needed. The role partners closely with product management and business leaders on roadmap and backlog, and leads delivery through a combination of internal engineers and a Software Integrator (SI). A background in financial services is strongly preferred. Prior insurance experience is helpful but not required for candidates

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on platform or enterprise system development.
Proven experience leading heavily customized ServiceNow environments with extensive scripted solutions.
Demonstrated experience delivering custom-built platforms on top of ServiceNow, using CSM, App Engine, and Integration Hub as implementation tools.
Strong experience designing and operating enterprise integration patterns, including event-driven systems, synchronous APIs, batch data pipelines, and distributed data consistency.
Experience owning platform SDLC, production support, and technical standards.
Strong communication skills and the ability to lead both engineers and integrator teams.
Financial services experience strongly preferred (insurance knowledge not required with strong financial systems background).

Nice To Haves

Prior insurance experience is helpful but not required for candidates

Responsibilities

Platform Architecture & Engineering Ownership Own the end-to-end architecture of a highly customized ServiceNow-based claims platform supporting specialty insurance programs.
Lead the design and evolution of claims data models, workflows, and automation, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and transaction integrity.
Use ServiceNow CSM and App Engine as an extensible platform to implement complex, non-standard claims capabilities.
Establish and enforce engineering standards, customization guidelines, and architectural patterns across the platform.
Make architectural tradeoffs balancing customization, performance, maintainability, and long-term platform health in a regulated environment.
Hands-On Engineering Leadership (Player/Coach) Act as a hands-on engineering leader capable of authoring, reviewing, and governing custom ServiceNow code (JavaScript, Script Includes, Business Rules, UI logic).
Lead, mentor, and technically guide internal engineers while governing and directing delivery from the SI.
Review and approve technical designs, ensuring consistency with platform standards and architectural vision.
Drive reuse through shared components, frameworks, and patterns rather than one-off implementations.
Integration & Data Platform Leadership Architect and own enterprise integrations using ServiceNow Integration Hub, including custom actions and orchestration flows.
Design and govern both real-time transactional integrations and batch-based data pipelines.
Lead integration with: Policy administration systems Financial and accounting platforms Enterprise data warehouse and analytics platforms
Apply strong understanding of enterprise integration patterns, including: Event-driven architectures Synchronous vs. asynchronous processing Data consistency and reliability strategies across distributed systems
Ensure integrations meet expectations for transaction integrity, auditability, and operational resilience common in financial services platforms.
SDLC, Production Support & Operational Excellence Own the ServiceNow SDLC, including environment strategy, release management, testing, and deployment practices.
Define and operate the production support model for a mission-critical claims platform.
Partner with operations, DevOps, and infrastructure teams on monitoring, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
Ensure platform reliability, availability, performance, and operational readiness at scale.
Product & Business Partnership Partner closely with product management and business leaders to define platform roadmap, backlog, and delivery priorities.
Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable, well-engineered platform solutions.
Serve as the final technical authority for claims platform decisions.