Application Architect (.NET, React)

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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
Senior level
Cloud • Insurance • Payments • Software • App development • Big Data Analytics
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The Role
The Application Architect will be responsible for architectural design, providing technical guidance to Software Engineers, and ensuring software products are scalable and performant. Key responsibilities include collaborating on architecture, developing coding and testing standards, conducting code reviews, and mentoring developers.
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Job Overview
Applied Systems, Inc., a worldwide leader in insurance technology, is currently searching for an Application Architect (.NET, React) to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for architectural design, technical guidance, and contributions to the product vision. This is an opportunity to provide technical guidance and direction to Software Engineers in multiple functional teams and locales as we migrate to a microservices architecture.
The Application Architect will ensure Applied Systems software is effectively and efficiently designed, produced, tested and maintainable. We expect the Application Architect to provide and maintain standards leveraged across all teams to ensure our software products are highly scalable and performant with a technical design allowing for future innovation without complete refactoring.
What You'll Do

  • Collaborate proactively within a team of Application Architects, imparting architectural guidance, building Roadmap, and serving as the primary technical authority for concurrent complex development projects
  • C ollaborate with the enterprise architecture team to ensure that the application design aligns with the broader architecture blueprint
  • U tilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
  • P resent in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define issues and develop innovative solutions. Develop proofs of concept as necessary to demonstrate the efficacy of these solutions
  • C hampion architecture concerns including, but not limited to scalability, data integrity, and security
  • E valuate and recommend software technologies fit to purpose
  • C reate technical documents relating to application architecture, design steps, engineering best practices, integration processes, and testing procedures
  • P articipate in code reviews as needed to ensure quality solutions and proper standard adherence
  • P articipate in product design meetings to ensure clear technical direction for the developers and teams in their areas of responsibility
  • P rovide guidance through mentorship programs and collaborate with development managers to pinpoint potential opportunities for skill enhancement for developers


What You'll Need to Succeed
We're looking for someone who:

  • Can work 100% remotely, or from an Applied Systems office


Your experience should include some or all of the following:

  • 5+ years of enterprise software architecture & development in a cloud native environment using C#, .NET Core, JavaScript (ReactJS), Web APIs, and RESTful Web Services
  • Previous Architecture experience
  • E xperience in any of the following an asset:
    • Experience in GCP, AWS, or Azure
    • Containerization experience with Docker and Kubernetes
    • E xperience migrating from monolithic architecture to microservices
  • P roven ability to think creatively and develop new ways of handling technical and project tasks (thinks outside the box)
  • M ust possess excellent communication skills
  • E xperience with the Agile Scrum or Kanban methodologies
  • P ossess strong work ethic and ability to deliver solutions under a tight deadline
  • E xpert troubleshooting skills and research abilities
  • B achelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
    • We proudly support and encourage people with military experience, as well as military spouses, to apply


Additonally, you may have:

  • Programming experience with Golang (Go)
  • T ooling experience: Helm Chart, Slack
  • C loud platform: AWS, Azure, GCP
  • G itlab


What You'll Gain
Benefits from Day One

  • Health insurance plans, dental, and vision
  • Wellness incentives
  • 401(k) and/or RRSP retirement savings plans with employer match


Work-Life Balance

  • Competitive paid vacation time and a free day for your birthday
  • Personal/sick time
  • Paid holidays
  • Flex Time
  • Paid parental leave (U.S. candidates)
  • Volunteer time off


Empowering Career Growth and Success - We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We grow our teams from within and give our employees opportunities to advance.
What We Value
We strive for excellence at every turn to be the best at what we do. We invest in talent, care about our people and are empowered by the results of our work. We fulfil the promise of insurance - safeguarding and protecting what matters most in people's lives. And there is no more important job than that.
Our focus on the workforce, workplace and marketplace gives us a qualified individual in an environment in which they can be productive while we maintain our position in the industry. To help drive that change toward a vibrant, modern workplace, we have employee-driven networks with commonalities in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and military status.
Who We Are
Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world's largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied's people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.
For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be an indispensable partner in our industry.
It's an exciting time at Applied. You can do big things here, in an environment that supports creative thinking and bold ideas. Visit http://www.AppliedSystems.com for more information on how you can challenge what's possible.
EEO Statement
Applied Systems is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Diversity and Inclusion is a business imperative and is a part of building our brand and reputation. At Applied, we don't discriminate, and we are committed to recruit, develop, retain, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.
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Top Skills

.Net
C#
JavaScript
React

What the Team is Saying

Drew Buckley
Morgan Braiden
Tara Chang
Daragh Borelan
The Company
HQ: Chicago, IL
2,780 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1983

What We Do

Applied Systems is the leading global provider of cloud-based software that powers the business of insurance. Recognized as a pioneer in insurance automation and the innovation leader, Applied is the world’s largest agency and brokerage management systems provider, serving customers throughout the United States, Canada, the Republic of Ireland, and the United Kingdom. By automating the insurance lifecycle, Applied’s people and products enable millions of people worldwide to safeguard and protect what matters most.

For 40 years, Applied Systems has led an industry we helped to create with a mission to continuously improve the business of insurance. From partnerships, acquisitions, and insurance innovation initiatives, Applied has focused on efforts to be the indispensable partner in our industry.

Why Work With Us

Our commitment to you is simple: when you bring your best, we promise you a place where amazing career moments are made possible.

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