Architect - DevEx Strategy
verisk analyticsBurr Ridge (IL)
Architect - DevEx Strategy
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verisk analyticsBurr Ridge (IL)
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
Overview:
As Architect / Principal Engineer in Verisk’s DevEx Strategy, you own the technical vision for reusable platform building blocks and a company-wide AI integration framework. You will design end-to-end reference architectures, starter kits, and common services to accelerate product teams with minimal friction. You’ll lead PoCs, drive adoption of standardized patterns, and ensure secure, observable, and maintainable integrations. This role combines strategic architecture with hands-on delivery in a collaborative, innovation-driven culture. Compensation / Benefits Health Insurance Retirement Plan Disability benefits Paid Time Off competitive total rewards package
Responsibilities:
Define the architecture and roadmap for reusable platform components (services templates, starter kits, libraries, SDKs, and micro frontend patterns) Design and deliver a generic AI integration framework enabling plug-and-play data, model orchestration, and UI surfaces Produce reference architectures, blueprints, and hands-on starter projects (backend + frontend + CI/CD + observability) Build and maintain reusable APIs, SDKs/jars, and libraries with security and versioning in mind Lead PoCs and prototype solutions to validate architectural approaches and evaluate new technologies Drive cross-team collaboration to ensure templates meet real product needs and evolve with feedback Establish standards for service design, API contracts, authentication/authorization, data access, testing, release automation, and monitoring Mentor engineers and architects across the organization on framework adoption Partner with product, security, infrastructure and data teams to embed governance, privacy, and performance goals Participate in architecture reviews and help teams migrate from legacy approaches to standardized solutions Own technical documentation, onboarding flows, and demos to accelerate adoption
Key requirements:
6+ years of professional software engineering with progressive ownership over architecture and platform initiatives Strong architecture background: microservices, event-driven systems, domain-driven design, API design and governance Hands-on experience building reusable libraries/SDKs, starter kits, and reference implementations Solid cloud experience with AWS-focused design for scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency Practical experience with Docker and CI/CD pipelines Backend expertise in Java/Spring and knowledge of service packaging, dependency management and versioning Frontend proficiency (Angular or similar) and experience with micro frontend architectures Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs Strong understanding of data integration patterns and domain datasets connectors Familiarity with observability tools (metrics, tracing, logging) and operational excellence Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives and mentor engineers Excellent communication skills; able to translate architectural tradeoffs for technical and non-technical stakeholders leadership and mentoring clear communication cross-functional collaboration microservices event-driven architecture domain-driven design
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