Principal Engineer

About Chubb

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. 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. The company is 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 employs approximately 40,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at: www.chubb.com.

About Chubb India

At Chubb India, we are on an exciting journey of digital transformation driven by a commitment to engineering excellence and analytics. We are proud to share that we have been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® for the third consecutive year, a reflection of the culture at Chubb where we believe in fostering an environment where everyone can thrive, innovate, and grow

With a team of over 2500 talented professionals, we encourage a start-up mindset that promotes collaboration, diverse perspectives, and a solution-driven attitude. We are dedicated to building expertise in engineering, analytics, and automation, empowering our teams to excel in a dynamic digital landscape.

We offer an environment where you will be part of an organization that is dedicated to solving real-world challenges in the insurance industry. Together, we will work to shape the future through innovation and continuous learning.

Position Details:

• Job Title: Principal Engineer, Life Technology
• Location: Hyderabad
• Experience: 18+ years
• Employment Type: Full Time

Role Overview 

• Position Summary:

As the Principal Engineer, COE for the Life Technology function, you will own the enterprise integration capability that connects core policy administration platforms, digital channels, data platforms, partner ecosystems, and market applications across Life. A central mandate of this role is to create a strategic domain API layer that enables Insurance-as-a-Service across Life products, capabilities, markets, and distribution channels, while rationalizing the existing API estate into a governed, reusable, secure, and scalable catalogue. You will define and industrialize modern integration strategy, API architecture, middleware patterns, event-driven services, governance standards, reusable integration assets, and secure delivery practices across markets. This role requires a technology leader who can shape the integration roadmap, lead a high-performing COE, partner with CIOs, CTOs, architects, engineering leaders, security, infrastructure, data, and business stakeholders, and drive reliable, scalable, reusable, and cost-effective integration outcomes that accelerate Life modernization and platform transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and lead the Life Technology Integration COE strategy, operating model, roadmap, delivery standards, governance, and capability-building agenda
• Create and own the Life domain API strategy and reference architecture to enable Insurance-as-a-Service, exposing reusable business capabilities such as quote, application, underwriting, policy, billing, claims, customer, advisor, document, payment, and servicing APIs
• Define the operating model for domain API product ownership, including API taxonomy, capability mapping, reuse principles, design standards, experience APIs versus system APIs, consumption patterns, developer onboarding, and adoption governance across Life markets
• Drive integration delivery across Life modernization initiatives, including policy administration platforms, digital portals, agency platforms, customer investment portals, data platforms, finance, operations, and regulatory workflows
• Rationalize the Life Technology API estate by identifying duplicate, overlapping, obsolete, point-to-point, and market-specific APIs, consolidating them into a governed catalogue of reusable domain APIs with clear ownership, standards, versioning, lifecycle management, and adoption targets
• Own integration governance across design reviews, API standards, security controls, non-functional requirements, observability, release readiness, production stability, documentation, and lifecycle management
• Partner with market CIOs, CTOs, architects, product leaders, engineering teams, security, infrastructure, cloud, data, and vendor teams to align integration delivery with business priorities and transformation outcomes
• Lead modernization of legacy point-to-point interfaces into strategic API-led and event-driven integration capabilities that reduce complexity, improve scalability, and enable reuse across markets
• Drive engineering excellence across the COE through CI/CD, automated testing, secure coding, API security, performance engineering, resilience testing, observability, and production support discipline
• Shape vendor strategy and delivery governance for integration platforms and partner delivery, ensuring clear accountability, quality outcomes, commercial discipline, and progressive capability insourcing where appropriate
• Embed AI-native engineering practices within integration delivery, including AI-assisted design, code generation, test automation, documentation, impact analysis, production diagnostics, and secure human-in-the-loop controls
• Track COE performance through measurable indicators such as reuse, API adoption, delivery predictability, defect leakage, production stability, automation coverage, cycle time, and cost optimization
• Coach and develop senior engineers, architects, integration leads, and delivery squads, building a strong talent pipeline and a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement

Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related discipline; advanced degree or relevant architecture certifications preferred

• 18+ years of technology experience, including significant leadership experience in enterprise integration, API platforms, middleware, engineering delivery, and large-scale transformation

• Proven experience leading Integration COEs, platform engineering teams, architecture groups, or multi-market technology delivery functions in a complex enterprise environment

• Deep expertise in domain-driven API architecture, API product management, Insurance-as-a-Service models, API taxonomy, microservices, event-driven integration, service orchestration, data integration, partner connectivity, and legacy modernization patterns

• Strong understanding of integration platforms and tooling such as Azure Integration Services, API Management, MuleSoft, Kafka, MQ, service mesh, gateways, observability tools, and CI/CD platforms

• Strong engineering foundation across Java, RESTful APIs, cloud-native services, databases, containers, DevOps, automated testing, secure engineering, and production support

• Experience working with insurance or financial services platforms, preferably across Life policy administration, distribution, digital servicing, customer portals, data platforms, finance, and operations ecosystems

• Demonstrated ability to rationalize complex API estates, define domain API catalogues, establish API ownership and lifecycle governance, and drive measurable reuse across distributed enterprise teams

• Strong knowledge of API security, identity and access management, encryption, data protection, regulatory controls, resilience, performance engineering, and operational risk management

• Experience driving vendor governance, commercial discipline, insourcing strategies, and capability uplift across internal and partner-led delivery teams

• Practical exposure to AI-assisted engineering tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or equivalent platforms, with the ability to apply AI safely to integration delivery and operations

• Executive-level stakeholder management, communication, influencing, prioritization, and leadership skills, with the ability to operate across regional and market technology teams

Why Join Us?

• Lead a strategic Integration COE that is central to Life Technology modernization and cross-market platform transformation.
• Shape reusable API, middleware, event-driven, and partner integration capabilities that simplify the technology estate and accelerate delivery.
• Influence senior technology and business stakeholders across markets while building a scalable, resilient, secure integration backbone for Life.
• Develop high-performing integration engineering and architecture talent in a collaborative, innovation-driven environment.

Why Chubb?

Join Chubb to be part of a leading global insurance company!

Our constant focus on employee experience along with a start-up-like culture empowers you to achieve impactful results.

• Industry leader: Chubb is a world leader in the insurance industry, powered by underwriting and engineering excellence
• A Great Place to work: Chubb India has been recognized as a Great Place to Work® for the years 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026
• Laser focus on excellence: At Chubb we pride ourselves on our culture of greatness where excellence is a mindset and a way of being. We constantly seek new and innovative ways to excel at work and deliver outstanding results
• Start-Up Culture: Embracing the spirit of a start-up, our focus on speed and agility enables us to respond swiftly to market requirements, while a culture of ownership empowers employees to drive results that matter
• Growth and success: As we continue to grow, we are steadfast in our commitment to provide our employees with the best work experience, enabling them to advance their careers in a conducive environment

Employee Benefits

Our company offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and professional growth. Employees enjoy flexible work options, generous paid time off, and robust health coverage, including treatment for dental and vision related requirements. We invest in the future of our employees through continuous learning opportunities and career advancement programs, while fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment. Our benefits include:

• Savings and Investment plans: We provide specialized benefits like Corporate NPS (National Pension Scheme), Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Long-Term Incentive Plan (LTIP), Retiral Benefits and Car Lease that help employees optimally plan their finances
• Upskilling and career growth opportunities: With a focus on continuous learning, we offer customized programs that support upskilling like Education Reimbursement Programs, Certification programs and access to global learning programs.
• Health and Welfare Benefits: We care about our employees’ well-being in and out of work and have benefits like Hybrid Work Environment, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Yearly Free Health campaigns and comprehensive Insurance benefits.

Application Process

Our recruitment process is designed to be transparent, and inclusive.

• Step 1: Submit your application via the Chubb Careers Portal.
• Step 2: Engage with our recruitment team for an initial discussion.
• Step 3: Participate in HackerRank assessments/technical/functional interviews and assessments (if applicable).
• Step 4: Final interaction with Chubb leadership.

Join Us

With you Chubb is better. Whether you are solving challenges on a global stage or creating innovative solutions for local markets, your contributions will help shape the future. If you value integrity, innovation, and inclusion, and are ready to make a difference, we invite you to be part of Chubb India’s journey.