Job Title:
Platform Architect
Location: Bengaluru/Hyderabad, India
Company: Chubb
About Chubb: Chubb is a global leader in insurance and reinsurance, committed to delivering innovative solutions and exceptional service to our clients. We pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, a commitment to diversity, and a strong focus on technology and data-driven decision-making. We're on a journey to enhance our platforms to support quality automation, engineering effectiveness, engineer onboarding, and developer productivity. Join us to make a significant impact within our engineering teams and the broader organization.
Job Description: Chubb is seeking an experienced Platform Architect with over 18 years of industry experience to join our engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in developing platforms that promote quality automation, engineering effectiveness, engineer onboarding, and developer productivity. You will leverage your solid knowledge of data models to scale applications for various engineering metrics use cases, driving impactful architectural decisions and enabling our teams to excel.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the architectural design and development of robust platforms focused on quality
automation, engineering effectiveness, engineer onboarding, and developer
productivity to meet evolving business needs.
• Design and implement scalable data models that effectively support engineering
metrics and enable powerful analytics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to gather requirements and
translate them into effective technical specifications and architectures.
• Assess and recommend best-in-class tools and technologies to enhance platform
capabilities and user experience.
• Initiate and drive continuous improvement efforts to enhance engineering processes,
methodologies, and performance standards.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineering teams, promoting adherence to
established architectural guidelines and best practices.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, integrating innovative
solutions into platform architecture when appropriate.
• Conduct performance assessments of existing applications, identifying opportunities
for scalability and efficiency improvements.
• Define and document platform architecture standards, practices, and guidelines to be
adopted across engineering teams.
• Collaborate with Product Management to ensure alignment between platform
capabilities and overall business objectives
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field;
Master’s degree preferred.
• A minimum of 18 years of experience in software architecture, with an emphasis on
platforms that focus on quality automation, engineering effectiveness, and developer
productivity.
• Extensive experience with scalable application design and the development of data
models tailored for various engineering metrics use cases.
• Proven expertise in leading cross-functional teams in the architectural design and
decision-making processes.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure) and familiarity with containerization
technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong experience with CI/CD practices and tools to elevate engineering efficiency
and productivity.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to
decision-making.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to communicate
complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical
stakeholders.
• Experience with agile methodologies and a history of leading agile transformation
within organizations.