Principal Solutions Architect, Guidewire

Position Summary:

The Principal Solutions Architect Guidewire is a senior technical leader responsible for defining governing and evolving InvoiceClouds enterprise integration architecture across Guidewire and other insurance core platforms. This role owns the technical strategy for complex large-scale EBPP integrationsensuring solutions are secure scalable compliant and aligned with long-term business objectives.

This role sits within the Solutions Engineering function and partners closely with executive leadership Product Engineering and external system integrators to set architectural direction establish standards and deliver durable integration frameworks. The Principal Solutions Architect Guidewire serves as a trusted advisor to insurers and partners translating business goals into future-ready technical architecture.

Deep Guidewire expertise is critical. Experience with Duck Creek Insurity Majesco or other insurance platforms is highly valued.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of enterprise-grade integration architectures for Guidewire (PolicyCenter BillingCenter ClaimCenter) that support secure scalable digital payment and EBPP experiences.
• Define and maintain reference architectures integration patterns and architectural standards that balance flexibility performance security and time-to-value.
• Ensure solution designs are adaptable to evolving technologies regulatory requirements and customer growth.
• Collaborate with executive stakeholders insurers partners and system integrators to understand strategic objectives and define long-term integration roadmaps.
• Serve as a key architectural voice influencing platform product and integration roadmap decisions.
• Guide customers through modernization initiatives related to billing payments identity and customer experience.
• Establish and enforce architectural governance frameworks design guardrails and best practices to ensure consistency and quality across implementations
• Act as the final technical authority for complex or high-risk integrations resolving architectural tradeoffs and escalations.
• Ensure all integrations meet security compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with Project Managers Product Integration Engineering and Implementation teams to size scope and plan enterprise-scale integration efforts.
• Provide architectural oversight across multiple concurrent customer implementations.
• Support accurate estimation early risk identification and delivery planning.
• Continuously evaluate and evolve existing integration frameworks to improve scalability performance resiliency and delivery efficiency.
• Champion modern cloud-native integration patterns API-first design automation and AI-assisted tooling.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and reuse integrations across Guidewire and non-Guidewire platforms.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) for Guidewire integrations and enterprise EBPP architectures.
• Mentor Senior Solutions Engineers and Integration Engineers through design reviews best practices and coaching.
• Elevate the overall technical maturity and architectural rigor of the Solutions Architecture organization.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to insurers partners and Guidewire system integrators.
• Clearly articulate complex technical solutions to executive technical and business stakeholders.
• Build strong long-term relationships that support customer success platform adoption and scalable growth.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related field (Masters degree preferred)
• 1215 years of experience delivering enterprise-scale SaaS solutions within insurance financial services or other regulated industries
• 10 years in solutions architecture enterprise integration or technical consulting roles with demonstrated architectural ownership
• Deep Guidewire expertise (PolicyCenter BillingCenter ClaimCenter) including accelerators data models extension patterns and integration frameworks
• Proven experience designing governing and evolving enterprise-wide integration architectures
• Strong experience with REST and SOAP APIs using tools such as Postman and Kong
• Extensive experience architecting public cloud-based solutions (Azure preferred)
• Advanced knowledge of integration database and web service protocols and technologies (JSON XML SQL SFTP SOAP REST) and event-driven-based (webhook) integrations
• Development background in ( a plus) or Python with the ability to review code and guide implementation teams
• Advanced expertise in security and identity frameworks (SSO OAuth SAML JWT)
• Exceptional written verbal and executive-level communication skills with the ability to influence senior technical and business leaders

Travel Requirements

• Limited travel (up to 2025%) for customer visits partner collaboration and company off-sites.

Success Profile:

At InvoiceCloud success is anchored in four core competenciesCustomer Centric Innovative Drives Efficiency and Takes Ownershipthat guide how employees deliver with impact.

Customer Centric

• Leads executive-level discovery sessions to align insurer business goals with scalable integration architectures.
• Designs solutions that enhance the policyholder agent and insurer payment experience.
• Builds trust through strong technical judgment clarity of communication and consistent delivery.

Innovative

• Defines modern secure cloud-based integration architectures leveraging APIs identity frameworks and EBPP platform capabilities.
• Continuously improves architectural frameworks based on platform enhancements industry trends and best practices.

Drives Efficiency

• Owns reusable standardized integration frameworks for Guidewire and other leading insurance core platforms.
• Reduces custom development and accelerates time-to-value through standardization and architectural governance.
• Identifies and mitigates integration risks early reducing rework and delivery friction.

Takes Ownership

• Operates with high autonomy and accountability across customers partners and internal teams.
• Owns solution quality from concept through deployment and ongoing evolution.
• Provides leadership in ambiguous complex integration scenarios.