Software Architect (Hybrid)

About Us

At Selective, we don't just insure uniquely, we employ uniqueness.

Overview

Are you ready to make an impact and lead the charge in transforming technology within a dynamic $5 billion property and casualty insurer? Selective Insurance is looking for a passionate and forward-thinking Solution Architect who thrives on creating cutting-edge solutions, driving modernization, and shaping the future of enterprise technology. This is your opportunity to play a vital role in advancing our key organizational verticals while working with the latest in Cloud, DevOps, and architectural design methodologies.

As a Solution Architect at Selective, you’ll provide technical oversight to ensure software projects align with Selective’s business strategy, enterprise architecture, and development methodologies. From driving Cloud adoption to mentoring teams on best practices, you’ll serve as a thought leader and catalyst for change. Here’s what you’ll do:

Responsibilities

• Design with Impact: Create application solutions that prioritize scalability, performance, security, and reusability. Publish graphical design diagrams and architecture artifacts to guide teams.
• Be a Thought Leader: Evangelize enterprise architecture best practices and mentor development teams to embrace them.
• Collaborate Strategically: Partner with Enterprise Architecture to refine design methodologies, define best practices, and shape the future state of our systems.
• Modernize with Cloud: Lead the migration of applications to the Cloud and evaluate native Cloud services to enhance scalability, resilience, and performance.
• Consult and Advise: Provide guidance to IT leadership on technical solutions and assess the technical competencies of development teams.
• Evaluate Solutions: Lead technical reviews of custom and packaged business solutions, offering insights and identifying gaps in alignment with architecture principles.
• Advance Technology: Identify modernization opportunities and optimize application lifecycle management processes.
• Support Agile Teams: Act as an architecture leader supporting Agile teams using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• We’re looking for a tech visionary with a passion for innovation, a knack for collaboration, and the skills to transform big ideas into reality. Here’s what it takes to succeed in this role:
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of multi-tier application design methodologies, modern architectural patterns, and software development best practices.
• Cloud Savvy: Experience with modern Cloud technologies, including platform migrations and leveraging native services.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor developers, and influence other technical leaders.
• Hands-On Experience: 7+ years in application development with 3+ years of architecture experience, including high-volume transactional environments.
• Technical Stack: Familiarity with Microsoft technologies (.NET, .NET Core), web application platforms, and major relational databases like SQL Server, Oracle, or DB2.
• Visionary Mindset: Experience collaborating with organizational leaders to build multi-year technical roadmaps.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal abilities to engage with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Bonus Points: Knowledge of the property and casualty insurance industry.

Total Rewards

Selective Insurance offers a total rewards package that includes a competitive base salary, incentive plan eligibility at all levels, and a wide array of benefits designed to help you and your family stay healthy, achieve your financial goals, and balance the demands of your work and personal life. These benefits include comprehensive health care plans, retirement savings plan with company match, discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program, tuition assistance and reimbursement programs, and 20 days of paid time off. Additional details about our total rewards package can be found by visiting our benefits page.

Pay Range

USD $146,000.00 - USD $198,000.00 /Yr.

Selective is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. That means we respect and value every individual’s unique opinions, beliefs, abilities, and perspectives. We are committed to promoting a welcoming culture that celebrates diverse talent, individual identity, different points of view and experiences – and empowers employees to contribute new ideas that support our continued and growing success. Building a highly engaged team is one of our core strategic imperatives, which we believe is enhanced by diversity, equity, and inclusion.

We expect and encourage all employees and all of our business partners to embrace, practice, and monitor the attitudes, values, and goals of acceptance; address biases; and foster diversity of viewpoints and opinions.