Solution Architect (P&C insurance domain)

• Define the target-state solution architecture for a greenfield Commercial Lines insurance platform, establishing architectural principles, technical standards, and implementation guidance for engineering teams.
• Design service decomposition and bounded contexts across the platform, clearly defining service responsibilities, data ownership, and boundaries between independently deployable microservices.
• Architect the event-driven backbone using Kafka or an equivalent technology, including domain event models, event schemas, versioning strategies, replay semantics, and reliable event processing.
• Develop and maintain OpenAPI 3.1 specifications for internal service-to-service APIs and externally consumed interfaces before implementation begins, ensuring consistent contracts, backward compatibility, and effective version management.
• Design the commercial insurance data model around the Account, Applicant, Policy, Coverage, Location, Building, and Unit/Exposure hierarchy, including industry-specific exposure schema extensions aligned with NAICS classifications.
• Architect an immutable Premium Transaction Ledger that enables detailed reconstruction of every bound premium dollar at the rating-factor level across policies, coverages, locations, buildings, exposures, carriers, and individual factors.
• Establish architectural separation between the stateless Rating Service, responsible for pricing calculations, and the Rules Service, responsible for eligibility, referrals, and straight-through processing decisions.
• Design the Carrier Service abstraction layer to support multiple insurance carriers, flexible carrier integrations, and quota-share allocation models.
• Define integration architecture for single sign-on (SSO) federation, agency management systems (AMS), clearinghouse platforms, third-party data enrichment providers, and payment gateways.
• Establish and enforce non-functional requirements covering performance, availability, disaster recovery, data integrity, and architectural governance, including sub-second rating response times, 99.9% uptime, a recovery point objective (RPO) of 15 minutes or less, and a recovery time objective (RTO) of four hours or less.
• Implement architectural standards for immutable transactions, effective dating, financial precision, reconciliation, and the prevention of direct database access across service boundaries.
• Produce and maintain essential architecture artifacts, including C4 architecture diagrams, architecture decision records (ADRs), API contracts, data models, and technical specifications.
• Collaborate with product, underwriting, actuarial, engineering, and data engineering teams to ensure architectural decisions align with business requirements, insurance workflows, and technical delivery priorities.
• Provide architectural oversight throughout implementation, helping engineering teams resolve complex design challenges and maintain consistency with established architectural standards.

Requirements

• At least eight years of experience in solution architecture or enterprise architecture, including hands-on responsibility for designing and delivering complex software platforms.
• Demonstrated experience delivering at least one greenfield microservices platform end to end, from initial architecture and design through production deployment.
• Strong property and casualty (P&C) insurance domain expertise, ideally within Commercial Lines, with an understanding of account and policy hierarchies, coverage structures, rating engines, and underwriting rules engines.
• Candidates whose insurance experience is primarily in Personal Lines may also be considered if they demonstrate the ability to quickly develop the required Commercial Lines domain knowledge.
• Proven production experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka or equivalent technologies, including domain event design, event schemas, event replay, CQRS patterns, and eventual consistency trade-offs.
• Strong API architecture and contract-design expertise, including OpenAPI 3.1 specifications, API versioning, backward compatibility, and integration across independently deployable services.
• Experience designing data architectures for regulated and auditable financial transactions, including immutable ledgers, effective dating, reconciliation processes, and precise financial calculations using appropriate numeric data types.
• Understanding of distributed systems, microservices design principles, data ownership, service isolation, and scalable integration patterns.
• Experience with multi-carrier insurance models, reinsurance, quota-share allocation, or bordereaux reporting is a significant advantage.
• Familiarity with insurance agency management systems and clearinghouse integrations, particularly IVANS, EZLynx, or comparable platforms.
• Strong knowledge of non-functional architecture requirements, including performance optimization, availability, disaster recovery, reliability, and data integrity.
• Experience creating and maintaining architecture documentation, including C4 diagrams, ADRs, API contracts, data models, and implementation specifications.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to explain complex architectural decisions to both technical and business audiences.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a practical approach to balancing business requirements, technical constraints, and long-term maintainability.
• The ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams while providing clear technical direction and architectural governance.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, .NET, and SQL Server is an advantage.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Employer-paid extended healthcare benefits, including prescription drugs, dental, and vision coverage, plus a healthcare spending account.
• Life and accident insurance: Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage.
• Disability protection: Short-term disability coverage and long-term disability benefits.
• Employee assistance: Access to an employer-paid Employee Assistance Program and telehealth services.
• Retirement savings: Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with an employer matching contribution.
• Paid time off: Vacation and sick days to support work-life balance and personal well-being.
• Family support: Maternity, parental, and adoption leave top-up benefits.
• Financial wellness: Access to an employee stock purchase program and critical illness insurance.
• Employee discounts: Access to a range of employee discount programs.
• Continuous learning: Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning resources for ongoing professional and technical development.
• Remote work flexibility: The opportunity to work remotely from Canada.
• Career development: Opportunities to contribute to innovative technology projects, work with multidisciplinary teams, and expand your expertise in enterprise architecture and insurance technology.
• Inclusive workplace: A commitment to accessibility, diversity, collaboration, and a supportive professional environment.