Platform Architect

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 : Platform Architect
• Function/Department : Technology
• Location : Bhubaneswar
• Employment Type : Full Time
• Reports To : Iyadurai, Prabakar
• Role Overview

Key Responsibilities

The Underwriting Platform Solution Architect (this role) will be responsible for the architecture, design, performance, build, deployment and support of core insurance platforms for Chubb built on Duck Creek Technology or other approved underwriting platforms. A suitable candidate is a successful, experienced, and accomplished technology leader with significant hands-on experience in cross platform design and has a deep passion for technology and architecture.

This role will be required to plan, manage, monitor as well as influence, differentiate, and guide both business and technologies teams across multiple divisions of Chubb through the various phase of the SDLC. The candidate is expected to actively collaborate with the business, business architects, and BA’s along with development teams, test teams, Enterprise Architects, Information Security, Data & Analytics, Digital Technology and other shared services teams to build cutting edge, highly reusable, underwriting and policy admin platforms which push the norms/boundaries of the Duck Creek platform with a cloud first mentality.

Scope/Responsibilities

• Responsible for architecture & design of products on Duck Creek Policy or another underwriting platform including design of inheritance models, data models, common capabilities, and integrations.
• Owns the underwriting platform solution and designs/develops technology patterns/frameworks to deliver the solution effectively and efficiently while maximizing reuse.
• Act as the primary design owner of all underwriting platform solutions & associated infrastructure while collaborating with business and projects teams to assist with capacity planning, discovery, strategy, design and prototyping of new features & capabilities.
• Act as a broker between divergent business and IT teams to bring them together, share knowledge, solve problems, design common reusable assets and maximize the use of existing capabilities and frameworks.
• Work closely with project management and delivery leads to identify key activities and owners while ensuring alignment and feasibility of all planned deliverables and related dependencies and include all optimization feedback.
• Build and maintain relationships with our business and IT stakeholders across the enterprise while providing support, updates, and issue resolutions for their respective platform instances.
• Support infrastructure teams in build out, availability, performance, reliability and ensure that all non-functional system requirements will be met.
• Stays on top of Duck Creek Technology platform and other approved underwriting platforms as well as industry trends including Digital Transformation, InsureTech, AI/Machine Learning, microservices, cloud technologies, etc.

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field.
• At least 12 years of experience as a Solution Architect, leading technical teams with strong software engineering background
• Minimum 10 years of industry experience in system development and implementation in the insurance industry.
• At least 7 years of experience in insurance technology projects/programs
• At least 7 years of experience with Duck Creek Policy Platform
• At least 7 years of experience in engineering, designing and implementing large & complex system & application architectures.
• At least 5 years of experience in performance engineering & optimization of distributed systems in API based architectures.
• At least 5 years of experience leading systems integration projects with many internal and external interfaces
• At least 5-10 years of hands-on experience in technology stack such as Microsoft.Net, Java, ASP.NET, IIS, Kafka, SQL Server, XML, XPATH, JSON, CSS, XSLT etc.
• Knowledge of message bus technologies (Kafka preferred, or MQ, Amazon SQS, etc.)
• Knowledge of various cloud design patterns and common security patterns (Azure preferred)
• Hands on knowledge of Duck Creek Policy, native API layer, Anywhere API, Duck Creek Author and building manuscripts, the Duck Creek Express UI, platform configuration files, support/debug tooling, and large schedule performance enhancing Duck platform features.
• Superior communication skills and ability to interact with business and IT resources at all levels.
• Experience with systems integration to third parties, internal systems, and downstream systems as well exposure of products and services to external partners or risk aggregators.
• Good knowledge of Data & Analytics technologies such as Data Lakes, Business Intelligence Tools, Predictive Models, 3 rd Party Data.
• Good knowledge of Microservices & API Mgmt., Java Script Frameworks such as Angular, Cloud Platforms such as Microsoft Azure is preferred.
• Experience with AGILE methodology.

Critical Skills

Adaptability- Agility. Responds well to change. Handles multiple demands / priorities effectively. Adapts to best fit with situation at hand. Handles conflict effectively. Collaborates. Develops new skills quickly. Willing to accept new responsibilities. Takes initiative & accountability.

IT Methodologies. Good organizational skills. Has experience managing projects and staff. Advanced technical skills or specialized knowledge. Analyzes tasks, dependencies, and resource needs. Manages budgets and performs financial activities effectively. Understands system development life cycle (SDLC) including AGILE methodology; uses project methodologies.

Business Knowledge. Understands fundamentals of insurance, IT best practices, and technology. Understands some insurance business processes. Connects business problems to technical solutions. Validates that solutions achieve desired business result.

Deliverables Management. Matches business requirements to deliverables. Understands & meets deadlines. Proactive identification and management of risk. Manages multiple work streams. Works effectively across multiple groups (both internal and external). Has experience managing scope and change control.

Communication. Communicates effectively both written and oral. Responds to customers appropriately, timely, and accurately. Manages relationships effectively.

Influences others. Transfers knowledge to others. Has experience working with multi-vendor projects and related communications challenges

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 .

Apply Now : https://www.chubb.com/emea-careers/