Lead Duck Creek Platform Engineer

About Us

We're reimagining software delivery at Chubb and are in search of engineers who are motivated and interested in continuous delivery, blue/green deployments with zero downtime, and cloud native applications. As our Lead Duck Creek Platform Engineer, you will own features end-to-end, from Architecture to design to deployment. You’ll work closely with our Tech leads, Architects, designers, and product managers to deliver solutions that meet the highest standards of quality and performance. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a cloud-native environment (preferably Azure) and enjoys collaborating across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• 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
• 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)
• Cultivate strong ownership, accountability, collaboration, and communication skills

Qualifications

• Minimum of 20 years’ software engineering experience across varied technology platforms 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

Compensation & Benefits

The pay range for the role is $145,000 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 Chubb

Chubb is a world leader in insurance. With operations in 54 countries, 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 distinguished by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength, underwriting excellence, superior claims handling expertise and local operations globally.

At Chubb, we are committed to equal employment opportunity and compliance with all laws and regulations pertaining to it. Our policy is to provide employment, training, compensation, promotion, and other conditions or opportunities of employment, without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, age, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law. Performance and qualifications are the only basis upon which we hire, assign, promote, compensate, develop and retain employees. Chubb prohibits all unlawful discrimination, harassment and retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment.