Principal Architect

We are looking for a hands‑on Technical Lead & Architect to drive solution architecture and technical health for one of our top L&AH customers. This role will work closely with Senior Technical Architect and Majesco leadership to:

• Own end‑to‑end solution architecture for Customer’s L&A platform (policy administration and related components)
• Lead technical improvements (performance, scalability, reliability, maintainability)
• Debug and stabilize production issues, including deep‑dive analysis across application, integration, and infrastructure layers
• Guide and upskill an offshore engineering team in India while collaborating with Customer’s onshore stakeholders.

You should be comfortable switching between strategic architecture work and hands‑on code/diagnostics.

• Define and evolve the target solution architecture for Customer’s L&A implementation, aligning with both Majesco product standards and Customer enterprise guidelines.
• Lead solutioning for new implementations, enhancements, upgrades, and performance improvements.
• Translate business and non‑functional requirements (performance, availability, security, resiliency) into architectural and design decisions.
• Review and approve HLD/LLD, design patterns, interfaces, and integration approaches across components.
• Ensure consistent use of frameworks, coding standards, and best practices across the team.

• Act as technical point of escalation for complex production incidents related to customer.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA), drive permanent fixes, and define preventive measures.
• Guide the team in using logs, metrics, profiling tools, APM, and database diagnostics to troubleshoot issues.
• Drive performance tuning of application, database, and integrations to meet SLAs.
• Partner with Amol and Customerteams on incident triage, communication, and post‑incident reviews.

• Prepare, review, and own estimates for upgrades, new features, and technical improvements.
• Provide technical oversight across sprints/releases, ensuring design integrity and technical debt management.
• Support QC/testing teams with test strategy for performance, regression, and non‑functional coverage.
• Contribute to implementation roadmaps, risk identification, and mitigation planning for Customer.

• Lead and mentor a team of software specialists/engineers working on the account.
• Coach team members on architecture, design, debugging, and domain; build strong second‑line technical leaders.
• Promote Agile ways of working (Scrum, CI/CD, automation) and a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.

• Work closely with Amol and Customer stakeholders to clarify requirements, propose solutions, and gain alignment.
• Present architecture and design options, trade‑offs, and recommendations to technical and business audiences.
• Communicate complex technical topics in a clear, structured, and customer‑friendly manner.

• 10+ years of experience in design and development using Java and related technologies.
• Strong L&A insurance domain knowledge (Policy Administration Systems) for the North American market (preferred strong plus).
• Proven experience as Technical Lead / Solution Architect on complex enterprise implementations, ideally for large insurers.

• Strong object‑oriented design and Java expertise; experience with:
  • Spring (Core, Boot), Hibernate/JPA, JMS, REST APIs
  • Web technologies such as HTML5, JavaScript and related UI frameworks
  • Interface/integration frameworks (e.g., SOAP/REST, messaging, file‑based, ESB/iPaaS).
• Experience in UML‑based analysis and design using standard modeling tools.
• Hands‑on experience producing and reviewing High‑Level Design (HLD) and Low‑Level Design (LLD) documents.
• Solid understanding of business rules engines and workflow engines.
• Strong RDBMS skills (any major database) with clear understanding of SQL, indexing, query optimization, and data modeling.
• Exposure to performance engineering (profiling, load testing, tuning) at application and DB levels.
• Familiarity with DevOps/CI‑CD practices and automation tools (build, deployment, and test automation).

• Experience leading requirements and design workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
• Ability to understand and use frameworks (architecture and delivery) to design solutions for functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Strong experience with Agile methodologies such as Scrum, including CI, automated testing, and iterative delivery.
• Demonstrated ability in guiding a team to implement solution architecture for large L&A insurance projects.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex designs and trade‑offs to customers.
• Strong problem‑solving mindset, ownership orientation, and ability to make informed technical decisions under time pressure.
• Ability to work in a global, distributed environment, with overlap to US time zones as needed for customer collaboration and production support.

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) or equivalent, or
• Master of Computer Applications (MCA)

• Prior experience working directly with large global insurers.
• Experience with cloud‑based architectures (AWS/Azure) and containerized deployments (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Prior experience with Majesco products in the L&A space.

At Majesco, we believe in connecting people and businesses to insurance in ways that are innovative, hyper‑relevant, compelling, and personal. We bring together the brightest minds to build the future of insurance – a world where insurance makes life and business easier, more connected, and better protected.

If you are passionate about the power and possibilities of cloud and modern engineering practices, and want to own the technical direction and stability of a strategic program, we’d love to have you on the team.