Sr. Architect - Remote OR Hybrid, Jersey City or Raleigh Preferred

Arch Insurance Group Inc.•Jersey City, NJ

13d•$114,800 - $223,693•Hybrid

About The Position

The Arch Insurance Technology team is responsible for solving human, technology, and business challenges through innovative solutions. The Sr. Architect, internally known as Domain Architect plays 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. The ideal candidate is a strategic, solutions-oriented, and technology-savvy leader who can deliver high-impact solutions that drive measurable business value. This role may be based remotely or in a hybrid arrangement, with monthly travel to Arch offices as needed. The successful candidate must be available to work Eastern Time business hours. While remote candidates will be considered, strong preference will be given to individuals who can work in a hybrid capacity from our Raleigh, NC or Jersey City, NJ offices.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field — or equivalent experience.
Minimum of 7 years of related technical and strategic experience.
Application and service modernization, including: Cloud technologies, Microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, DevSecOps, Containerization
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; adept at tailoring messages based on audience level.
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.
Supports and enables enterprise-wide architecture initiatives.
Aligns technical solutions with business objectives in the P&C insurance industry.
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.
Available to work Eastern Time business hours.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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