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Fortegra · 15 hours ago

Director, Platform Architecture

Iselin, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $190K/yr

8+ years exp

Fortegra is seeking a hands-on Platform Architect to drive the design and build-out of a modern insurance platform. This role focuses on enabling specialty program business models and requires deep technical engagement, including designing domain services and collaborating with engineering teams.

Insurance

Responsibilities

Lead the decomposition of disparate, siloed applications into a modular, composable architecture that enables reuse, accelerates delivery, and supports rapid program evolution

Define architectural vision and roadmap to reach the target-state composable architecture and guide module design decisions

Dive deep into the architecture and best practices for InsureMO’s middle-office platform and Unqork's no-code platform. Partner with vendor solution architects to align to target-state design

Develop architectural patterns, blueprints, and templates for Azure cloud-native front-ends and microservices

Partner with delivery teams to ensure API contracts, data models, event schemas, and integration patterns align with long-term platform strategy

Establish guidelines for using AI-driven architectural decisioning, code generation, and design tooling to accelerate and standardize solution delivery

Build prototypes, reference solutions, and foundational libraries used across teams

Partner closely with development teams implementing services, Unqork modules, and cloud-native front ends

Evaluate and optimize InsureMO configurations, including product definitions, BO APIs, event consumption, and orchestration

Guide decomposition of legacy workflows into modular, API-first processes

Provide architectural direction for cloud configuration, CI/CD automation, scalability, observability, and performance tuning

Champion the use of AI coding tools (e.g., Replit, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot) to improve development efficiency, consistency, and quality

Translate specialty program business requirements— underwriting rules, client self-service, bordereaux processing, financials, compliance, reinsurance structures—into scalable technical architecture

Enable rapid deployment of new program products via InsureMO product configuration and Unqork’s no-code capabilities

Ensure seamless data exchange and workflow execution between partners such as MGAs, TPAs, reinsurers, and distribution channels

Architect solutions that support multi-tenant or multi-program use cases with strong governance and data segregation

Work with underwriting, product, operations, and actuarial partners to ensure platform capabilities meet business objectives

Partner with Data Engineering, Data Science, Security, DevOps, and Cloud Infrastructure teams to ensure security, resiliency, compliance, and observability

Communicate architectural decisions and tradeoffs clearly to both technical and business audiences

Educate and mentor teams on best practices and the overarching architectural vision

Qualification

Platform ArchitectureCloud-native APIsEvent-driven architecturesMicroservicesAPI design.NET CoreNode.jsPythonInsureMOUnqorkCommunication skillsCollaborationMentoring

Required

8+ years of hands-on software engineering/architecture experience

Strong communication skills and the ability to work hands-on with engineering teams

Strong experience with event-driven architectures, microservices, and distributed systems

Hands-on expertise with cloud platforms

Proficiency with modern development languages (.NET Core, Node.js, Python)

Understanding of insurance or financial systems—preferably specialty, program, or commercial lines

Experience designing APIs, event models, and scalable domain services

Preferred

Experience integrating or architecting solutions around InsureMO (or similar middle-office platforms)

Experience building workflows or applications using Unqork or comparable no/low-code frameworks

Familiarity with event sourcing, CQRS, DDD, and real-time event streaming

Understanding of specialty program operational flows—submissions, endorsements, premium reporting, bordereaux, TPA integration, etc

Experience modernizing legacy insurance systems or migrating to cloud-native SaaS or microservice ecosystems

Company

Fortegra

For more than 45 years, Fortegra and its subsidiaries have delivered risk management solutions that help people and businesses succeed in the face of uncertainty.

Founded in 1978

Jacksonville, Florida, US

501-1000 employees