Guidewire Solution Architect

This is a remote position.

We are seeking a senior Digital Solution Architect – Technology to lead the architecture vision for our Insurance product platforms.

This is a product-focused architecture role, responsible for defining and evolving the technology blueprint of our Insurance solutions. The architect will conceptualize scalable, configurable, and reusable digital architectures that serve multiple Insurance carriers across North America.

This role will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Pre-Sales teams to ensure our solutions are market-ready, future-proof, and differentiated.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Architecture Ownership

• Define and maintain the target architecture for our Insurance product suite.
  
• Establish scalable, multi-tenant, configurable product architecture models.
  
• Drive API-first, microservices-driven, and cloud-native design principles.
  

2. Integration & API Strategy

• Own enterprise integration blueprint for the product suite.
  
• Ensure compatibility with common Insurance core systems and partner platforms.
  
• Define integration patterns that are scalable and easy to implement.
  

3. Data & Analytics Architecture

• Define product-level data model strategy.
  
• Enable configurable reporting and regulatory compliance capabilities.
  
• Establish data governance, security, and privacy-by-design principles.
  

4. Cloud & Engineering Enablement

• Define cloud-native architecture patterns (AWS/Azure/GCP).
  
• Establish CI/CD, DevOps, containerization, and infrastructure automation standards.
  
• Ensure product scalability, high availability, and performance optimization.
  
• Support SaaS deployment models where applicable.
  

5. Product Innovation & Market Alignment

• Evaluate emerging technologies (AI, GenAI, automation, event streaming).
  
• Partner with Product Management to shape roadmap based on architectural vision.
  
• Support sales and marketing with technical positioning and architecture storytelling.
  

Required Qualifications

• 18+ years of enterprise technology experience with strong Insurance domain exposure.
  
• Deep understanding of Insurance processes like Policy admin, Underwriting, Claims, etc
  
• Strong expertise in:
  
• Microservices and API-driven architectures
  
• Integration patterns and middleware
  
• Data architecture and analytics ecosystems
  
• Cloud-native design principles
  
• Experience architecting reusable product platforms (not just project implementations).
  
• Experience working on Insurance product platforms or SaaS solutions.
  

Benefits