Sr. Architect - Remote OR Hybrid, Jersey City or Raleigh Preferred

With a company culture rooted in collaboration, expertise and innovation, we aim to promote progress and inspire our clients, employees, investors and communities to achieve their greatest potential. Our work is the catalyst that helps others achieve their goals. In short, We Enable Possibility℠.

The Arch Insurance Technology team is responsible for solving human, technology, and business challenges through innovative solutions. The Sr. Architect , internally known as Domain Architect  plays a key role in driving technology strategy and technical solutions across a domain comprising multiple products and systems. This individual ensures that solutions align with Arch’s overall technical strategy, support engineering best practices, and maximize code and deployment efficiency. The ideal candidate is a strategic, solutions-oriented, and technology-savvy leader who can deliver high-impact solutions that drive measurable business value. This role may be based remotely or in a hybrid arrangement, with monthly travel to Arch offices as needed. The successful candidate must be available to work Eastern Time business hours. While remote candidates will be considered, strong preference will be given to individuals who can work in a hybrid capacity from our Raleigh, NC or Jersey City, NJ offices. ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS Leadership & Management Demonstrated ability to develop others, especially in solution and technical architecture. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; adept at tailoring messages based on audience level. Technical Highly solution-oriented with a strong sense of technical curiosity. Skilled at translating complex technical concepts into understandable language. Able to repurpose existing solutions for new challenges. Understands cross-domain execution of processes and tasks. Business Supports and enables enterprise-wide architecture initiatives. Aligns technical solutions with business objectives in the P&C insurance industry. Personal Strong listener, able to convert pain points into practical solutions. Results-driven; able to work independently and collaboratively. Proactive mindset with a hands-on approach to driving business value. Passion for learning new technologies and market trends to inspire innovation. JOB SPECIFICATIONS Core Responsibilities Leadership, People & Talent Define and support the establishment of KPIs/OKRs to measure domain success from a technology perspective. Strategy Develop technology roadmaps that align with enterprise and domain strategy, including modernization and technical debt reduction. Prepare and present solution design options, highlighting trade-offs. Promote an enterprise mindset, collaborating with architects and security teams to ensure cohesive, efficient solutions. Identify interdependencies across products and communicate impacts effectively. Stay on top of market and tech trends; assess and prioritize based on business value. Define ROI and identify the competitive edge of emerging technologies. Partner with product and engineering teams to uncover challenges and co-design effective solutions. Technical Management (Delivery, Product, Operations) Monitor and report on the domain’s technical health and maturity. Recommend consistent, best-practice technical solutions aligned with business outcomes and industry standards. Advocate for tech debt reduction, platform security, and compliance. Guide and support technical proofs of concept and evaluations. Maintain up-to-date technical and architectural documentation in line with enterprise standards.

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field — or equivalent experience. Minimum of 7 years of related technical and strategic experience. Preferred Technical Experience: Application and service modernization, including: Cloud technologies Microservices architecture RESTful APIs DevSecOps Containerization Domain Knowledge: Experience in insurance