Principal Software Architect

Job Description We are looking for a Software Architect to provide technical direction for the design and evolution of cloud-native software products on AWS. Working across product and engineering teams, you will turn complex business needs into coherent application architectures that are secure, resilient, maintainable, and built to scale. This role combines architecture ownership with practical engineering involvement, helping teams make sound decisions and deliver modern SaaS products for the insurance market. Responsibilities Own the target software architecture for assigned products and translate product strategy into practical technical roadmaps, solution designs, and delivery priorities. Design end-to-end cloud applications across user interfaces, application services, APIs, workflows, integrations, data access, infrastructure, and operational support. Create and govern reusable architecture patterns, engineering standards, and decision records that promote consistency without slowing delivery. Shape modular, domain-aligned services and bounded contexts that improve ownership, reduce unnecessary coupling, and support the continued evolution of the product portfolio. Guide the design of microservices, serverless components, asynchronous workflows, and event-driven solutions using AWS managed services, selecting patterns based on clear technical and commercial trade-offs. Define secure and scalable API strategies for internal services, customer integrations, and third-party platforms, covering REST, GraphQL, versioning, authentication, reliability, and lifecycle management. Provide architectural direction for modern web applications built with .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, TypeScript, Angular, React, and appropriate user‑interface component libraries. Ensure non‑functional requirements are designed in from the outset, including availability, performance, accessibility, observability, recoverability, security, privacy, and cost efficiency. Partner with security and platform teams on identity, authorization, encryption, secrets, tenant isolation, network controls, threat modeling, and compliance requirements. Influence CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure‑as‑code, release, monitoring, and support practices so solutions can be deployed and operated safely at pace. Lead architecture reviews and proofs of concept, documenting options and recommendations in a way that enables timely, well‑informed decisions. Coach engineers and technical leads, remaining close enough to implementation to identify risks, resolve design challenges, and improve engineering quality. Qualifications Significant software engineering experience, including recent responsibility for architecture or technical leadership within AWS‑based product environments. Demonstrated success designing and delivering cloud‑native SaaS platforms, multi‑tenant applications, or other complex enterprise software products. Strong hands‑on knowledge of .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, and modern front‑end development using TypeScript with Angular or React. Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, domain‑driven design, event‑driven architecture, serverless computing, and API design. Practical experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, ECS, EKS, S3, Aurora, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and CloudWatch. Experience designing for relational and NoSQL databases, including effective data‑access patterns, performance considerations, and transactional boundaries. Experience with Docker and container orchestration, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation. Strong understanding of secure software design, automated delivery, application testing, monitoring, tracing, and production support. Ability to communicate architecture choices and trade‑offs clearly to engineers, product leaders, business stakeholders, and senior decision‑makers. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience. About Us For over 50 years, Verisk has been the leading data analytics and technology partner to the global insurance industry by delivering value to our clients through expertise and scale. We empower communities and businesses to make better decisions on risk, faster. At Verisk, you'll have the chance to use your voice and build a rewarding career that's as unique as you are, with work flexibility and the support, coaching, and training you need to succeed. For the eighth consecutive year, Verisk is proudly recognized as a Great Place to Work® for outstanding workplace culture in the US, the fourth consecutive year in the UK, Spain, and India, and the second consecutive year in Poland. In addition, we’ve been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as one of the Best‑Managed Companies and by Forbes as a World’s Best Employer, testaments to the value we place on workplace culture. We’re 7,000 people strong. We relentlessly and ethically pursue innovation. And we are looking for people like you to help us translate big data into big ideas. Join us and create an exceptional experience for yourself and a better tomorrow for future generations. Verisk Businesses Underwriting Solutions — provides underwriting and rating solutions for auto and property, general liability, and excess and surplus to assess and price risk with speed and precision Claims Solutions — supports end-to-end claims handling with analytic and automation tools that streamline workflow, improve claims management, and support better customer experiences Property and Restoration Solutions — offers property estimation software and tools for professionals in estimating all phases of building and repair to make day‑to‑day workflows the most efficient Specialty Business Solutions — provides an integrated suite of software for full end‑to‑end management of insurance and reinsurance business, helping companies manage their businesses through efficiency, flexibility, and data governance Catastrophe and Risk Solutions — provides risk modeling solutions to help individuals, businesses, and society become more resilient to catastrophic events. Marketing Solutions — delivers data and insights to improve the reach, timing, relevance, and compliance of every consumer engagement Life Insurance Solutions – offers end‑to‑end, data insight‑driven core capabilities for carriers, distribution, and direct customers across the entire policy lifecycle of life and annuities for both individual and group. Verisk Maplecroft — provides intelligence on sustainability, resilience, and ESG, helping people, business, and societies become stronger Verisk invests in a benefits package for all employees that includes the following: Health Insurance Retirement Plan Disability benefits Paid Time Off program We offer a competitive total rewards package that includes base salary determined based on role, experience, skill set, and location. Verisk Analytics is an equal opportunity employer. All members of the Verisk Analytics family of companies are equal opportunity employers. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, veteran's status, age or disability. Verisk’s minimum hiring age is 18 except in countries with a higher age limit subject to applicable law. Unsolicited resumes sent to Verisk, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Verisk business mailing address, fax machine or email address, or directly to Verisk employees, will be considered Verisk property. Verisk will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. #J-18808-Ljbffr