As a Lead Platform Engineer here at Chubb, you’ll have the opportunity to draw on your deep expertise in policy administration systems and rating functionality to deliver solutions that directly address business needs while advancing our technical landscape. Your background in architecting and implementing policy administration platforms (ideally including Duck Creek) positions you to translate complex business requirements into scalable, practical outcomes that create value across the organization. Partnering closely with business stakeholders to analyze challenges and clarify requirements, you’ll ensure that every solution you design integrates seamlessly within our policy administration ecosystem. The technical and architectural insight you bring to this role will further enable you to collaborate effectively with developers, understand the underlying technology infrastructure, and thoughtfully assess the impact of different solution approaches. This holistic perspective keeps technology decisions aligned with business objectives and long-term strategy. Join us help shape the future of our policy administration platform, we invite you to bring your vision and expertise to Chubb.
In this role, you will:
- Architect and implement enterprise-scale solutions leveraging diverse technology stacks (Duck Creek, Mainframes, cloud platforms, microservices, APIs, data platforms)
- Champion platform-centric architectures to accelerate product development, integration, and extensibility
- Drive compliance with architectural principles and engineering standards across application software engineering
- Engineer robust solutions using Microsoft Azure, PaaS services, .NET Core, Java, Volante, CosmosDB/MongoDB, AKS, and other relevant technologies
- Translate product requirements into maintainable technical solutions, including data analysis, integration mapping, and high-quality documentation
- Develop and integrate services based on REST, eventing, messaging, transformation engines, and downstream APIs
- Maintain expertise in API security standards (OAuth 2.0, OpenID, JWT), authentication, authorization, and endpoint configuration
- Optimize CI/CD pipelines, automation, testing, and release processes to enhance delivery efficiency
- Monitor application performance, troubleshoot production issues, and provide hands-on technical support
- Mentor junior engineers, foster continuous improvement, and uphold clean code principles
- Minimum of 20 years’ engineering experience across varied technology and policy administration platforms (Duck Creek, Guidewire, Majesco, etc.) with proven leadership expertise
- Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in software development, computer science, or information systems
- Demonstrated and deep insurance domain expertise
- Drive strategic vision and thought leadership to influence industry best practices and technology trends
- Guide senior leadership on technology roadmaps and critical investment decisions
- Engage actively in industry forums and working groups to advance technology standards and practices
- Engineer and maintain full-stack applications with expertise in relational databases (SQL Server) and caching strategies
- Apply cloud proficiency, preferably with Azure (App Services, Azure SQL, Functions, Key Vault)
- Implement CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or equivalent), Git, and containerization (Docker)
- Experience with leveraging AI capabilities, tools, and practices as a function of current and/or past roles preferred
- Cultivate strong ownership, accountability, collaboration, and communication skills
The pay range for the role is $160,000 to $190,000. The specific offer will depend on an applicant’s skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package, more details on which can be found on our careers website. The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled.
About UsSkills Required
- Minimum of 20 years' software engineering experience
- Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in software development, computer science, or information systems
- Proven leadership expertise
- Demonstrated and deep insurance domain expertise
- Expertise in relational databases (SQL Server)
- Expertise in cloud proficiency, preferably Azure
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or equivalent)
- Strong ownership, accountability, collaboration, and communication skills
What We Do
Chubb is the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries and territories, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London, Paris and other locations, and employs 31,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: chubb.com.
