XCEEDANCE LIMITED
Solutions Architect
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About Xceedance
Xceedance is a global provider of strategic consulting, managed services, and technology solutions to the insurance industry. We help insurers, reinsurers, brokers, and MGAs modernize operations, enhance underwriting and claims capabilities, and accelerate digital transformation using data, analytics, and advanced platforms.
Job Responsibilities
As a Solution Architect specializing in Application Architecture, you will work closely with the product leadership team. Your responsibilities will include:
- Lead and oversee the development of complex solutions that span multiple towers and/or encompass multiple service offerings.
- Drive the discovery process with the customer to understand their need for insurance-related products and accelerators.
- Understand the customer’s operational process, their pain points, intended outcome of their requirements, and provide suitable design and solutions, taking into consideration the current capabilities and future roadmap of the product.
- Plan, build, or development tasks by confirming objectives and specifications with the relevant stakeholders.
- Ensure focus on Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) with special emphasis on code quality and unit testing.
- Split requirements into manageable development features or modules for the team.
- Identify functional and non-functional constraints of the system and design optimal solutions.
- Debug or troubleshoot coding bugs and provide fixes for the same.
- Participate in application profile and performance benchmarking activities.
- Bring in industry best practices to all facets of the software design and delivery process.
- Occasionally involve in pre-sales activities such as product demonstrations, proposal writing, etc.
- Suggest any improvements on the implementation process.
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Essential Skills
- Overall experience in the range of 14 to 20 years.
- 10+ years of strong software development experience of designing and coding on enterprise web-based systems.
- Experience on Object-Oriented Design, Data modelling skills using UML.
- Experience with Java 8+; J2EE and Gradle/Maven.
- Experience with Spring (Boot, Security) and other Java frameworks.
- Experience with BPM tools such as Camunda (preferred), jBPM, Activiti, Pega.
- Experience with using Kafka and a good understanding of Kafka Architecture.
- Experience with database applications such as Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, DB2, and with JDBC and ORM tools.
- Experience with source control tools like Git, GitHub, BitBucket, Subversion.
- Experience with DevOps tools (e.g., Teamcity, Jenkins) and strategies.
- Experience with Unit Testing tools such as JUnit 5.
- Experience in using coding assistant tools, Gen AI, and agentic AI skills.
- Experience with OpenAPI Specification (OAS).
- Exposure to authentication frameworks like OIDC (Open Id Connect) and Authorization frameworks OAuth2.
- Strong understanding of application security principles and best practices, including established frameworks.
- Proven experience integrating native cloud security controls (e.g., IAM, encryption, WAFs) and familiarity with security assessment tools.
- Experience using Agile development methodologies.
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Desirable Skills
- Understanding of ACORD data standards.
- Insurance Industry Experience.
- Experience with Integration frameworks such as Apache Camel.
- Designing and working with ESB / EAI and API gateway and management tools.
- Cloud services and platform such as Azure and/or AWS, GCP.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices – Kubernetes, Docker, etc.
- Experience with servers such as Tomcat, JBoss, and/or Websphere.
- Best practices on log management and deriving metrics – Elastic, Logstash, Kibana.
- Consulting experience and/or Client engagement presentation skills.
What Xceedance Offers
- Opportunity to shape core solutions for leading global insurers and reinsurers.
- A collaborative, innovation-driven culture with exposure to modern technologies and cloud-native architectures.
- Professional development opportunities, certifications, and learning programs.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package, aligned with experience and location.
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