Principal Software Architect- GenAI

Helping careers take flight. Reshaping an industry. Enable your career to be Made on Duck Creek.     

WHO WE ARE:    

Duck Creek Technologies is the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of the property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance industry. We are the platform upon which modern insurance systems are built, enabling the industry to capitalize on the power of the cloud to run agile, intelligent, and evergreen operations. Our modern SaaS solutions help insurers set a new standard and revolutionize how consumers interact with insurance companies.     

Authenticity, purpose, and transparency are core to Duck Creek, and we believe insurance should be there for individuals and businesses when, where, and how they need it most. Our market-leading solutions are available on a standalone basis or as a full suite, and all are available via Duck Creek OnDemand. With more than 1,000 successful implementations to date, Duck Creek removes the IT burden for insurers so they can focus on the business of insurance.    

We have a flock of more than 1,700 employees across the globe and are proud to be a Flexible-First employer. We empower our employees with the choice to work from an office, from home, or on a hybrid schedule. Our flexible-first environment fosters productivity, inclusion, collaboration, and ensures a consistent employee experience regardless of location.    

If working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving company that is transforming one of the world’s oldest and largest industries sounds exciting, let us know. We are excited you are considering Duck Creek as a future employer and hope you decide to join “The Flock”!    

To learn more about us, visit www.duckcreek.com and follow us on our social channels for the latest information – LinkedIn and Twitter.   

TITLE: Principal Software Architect- GenAI 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:   

The Principal Software Architect - GenAI acts as an architecture leader in a domain area in multiple activities and teams. Responsible for the high-level design/architecture decisions and drives continuous improvement in architecture and engineering across set of software products/services.  Additionally responsible for solutioning and planning for the incorporation of generative AI capabilities across the entire Duck Creek Suite.    

• Acts as a Domain Architect for the GenAI domain, leading and representing the design/architecture decisions of that domain area 

• Provides architectural and technical leadership, participating and leading with Engineering Communities of Practice 

• Refines technical backlog items and creation of the overall solution concept and architectural direction for multiple engineering teams 

• Provides guidance and support to the developers in multiple engineering teams across our product suite in the completion of stories against design/architecture plans  

• Mentor and help develop engineers and architects in their career growth 

• Drives and coordinates our technical position with key technology vendors 

• Can be hands-on, designing and coding solutions for Agile stories with key architectural impact 

WHAT YOU’VE DONE:   

• Bachelor’s or Masters Degree and/or equivalent experience relevant to functional area  

• 7+ years of engineering and/or architecture experience 

• 5+ years supervisory and strategic leadership experience 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES & BEHAVIORS: 

• Generative AI Expertise 

• Experienced in creating solutions incorporating Generative AI platforms and tooling into production products. 

• Hands-on experience with LLM integration, RAG pipelines, vector databases, prompt engineering, and hallucination mitigation strategies. 

• Familiarity with fine-tuning and model evaluation techniques for large language models. 

• Programming & Frameworks 

• Strong command of object-oriented programming principles with expert knowledge of Java or C#, and Python. 

• Proficiency with relevant frameworks and libraries such as Spring Boot, .NET Core, TensorFlow, PyTorch, LangChain, Hugging Face Transformers, and OpenAI/Anthropic SDKs. 

• AI/ML Deployment & MLOps 

• Experience in model lifecycle management, including training, deployment, monitoring, and retraining. 

• Skilled in MLOps practices: CI/CD for ML, model versioning, drift detection, and governance. 

• Knowledge of cost optimization strategies for LLMs in production environments. 

• Architecture & Cloud 

• Expert in distributed software patterns (DDD, microservices, serverless, event-driven) and cloud-native architectures (AWS, Azure, GCP). 

• Experience building monitoring, alerting, and observability for maintaining high SLAs in SaaS products. 

• Responsible AI & Compliance 

• Proficient in applying data security, compliance, and responsible AI principles across the solution lifecycle. 

• Leadership & Collaboration 

• Promote inner-sourced tooling and shared technology standards across teams. 

• Leverage AI tools and practices to enhance engineering productivity, decision-making, and innovation. 

WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW:    

Travel: 10-20% 

Location: Remote US (Must be able to work on EST time zone) 

Work Authorization: Legally authorized to work in the country of job location. The Company does not sponsor visa petitions for this position. 

Duck Creek Technologies supports a flexible-first work environment and has employees throughout the United States. Based on a fair and equitable compensation philosophy, we have five (5) United States pay markets based on regional validated survey market data. The expected salary range for this position is between $144,800 and $233,500. This position is also eligible for annual bonuses. The final compensation may vary due to the above listed factors and be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.    

We also offer a competitive benefits package that includes:  

• Flexible work environment  

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance  

• 401(k) Retirement Plan  

• Flexible Spending & Health Savings Account  

• Paid holidays, vacation, and volunteer time  

• Employee assistance program and other benefits  

The application window will remain open until the position is filled or until a sufficient number of qualified candidates have been identified. 

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