AVP, Rating Platform Software Engineer (Python)
Philadelphia, PA - USA
Job Summary
*The ideal candidate will sit in one of the listed locations. However remote arrangements will be considered.
*The title and career band/level for this position are flexible based on the candidates experience.
About the Role
We are advancing our Python-based rating infrastructure. This will allow Chubb to deploy test and evolve pricing logic at pace and with precision.
The AVP Rating Platform Software Engineer will lead the technical build-out of this infrastructure. This leader will design and develop internal pricing services set architectural direction for our Python rating ecosystem align fragmented patterns across lines of business and partner closely with actuarial product and implementation teams to translate filed rating plans into production-grade code.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role spanning BOP today with expansion planned across Commercial Property General Liability Workers Compensation and Commercial Auto. The opportunity is to establish engineering patterns testing rigor and scalable architecture that will define how we build and ship rating capability for the next decade.
What You Will Own
Rating Engine Development & Architecture
- Design build and maintain internal Python-based pricing services and data models supporting actuarial and product teams across commercial lines
- Develop and enhance rating engine services that support multiple lines of business and enable extensible account-level pricing
- Create product configuration services that allow product owners to safely update coverage options and pricing parameters
- Operate as a hands-on technical leader: roughly 30-40 percent in code 60-70 percent in system design architecture review and PR review
- Establish engineering standards design patterns and reusable components that scale across lines of business
Testing Quality & Production Confidence
- Develop best-in-class scalable testing infrastructure that ensures confidence in rating accuracy both in production and across the Python rating infrastructure
- Build automated validation frameworks to support UAT regression testing and ensure rating compliance
- Partner with implementation teams to ensure consistency between filed rating plans and deployed code
Data Integration & Predictive Modeling Enablement
- Integrate and validate third-party data sources for pricing segmentation and predictive modeling
- Enable dislocation analysis across lines to support model development and implementation
- Occasionally build and deploy predictive models
- Partner with data science and actuarial teams to operationalize models within the rating infrastructure
Squad Leadership in a Dotted-Line Agile Framework
- Lead a dotted-line squad of onshore and offshore developers operating in an agile delivery model with accountability for keeping the squad on task
- Set sprint priorities unblock dependencies and drive delivery cadence across squad members who report formally to other managers
- Provide technical direction through code review architectural guidance and active mentorship
- Establish working agreements intake discipline and prioritization frameworks that protect squad capacity from ad hoc demand
- Partner with offshore people managers to provide input on performance growth and retention of squad members
- Collaborate closely with implementation teams across commercial insurance to develop standardized patterns and scalable solutions
- Partner with actuarial platform engineering and implementation teams to align on requirements sequencing and delivery
Qualifications
- 6 years of progressive experience in software engineering actuarial systems development or insurance technology with demonstrated technical leadership
- Hands-on mastery of Python and SQL and fluency operating in AI-native workflows (Claude Code Cursor or equivalent). This leader must be able to write review and architect production code from day one
- Demonstrated experience building or significantly contributing to a rating engine pricing system or comparable rules- and calculation-driven service
- Track record of establishing testing frameworks and engineering quality practices in a production environment
- Strong system design instincts: API design service architecture separation of concerns and building for extensibility
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate between actuarial logic product requirements and engineering implementation
- Comfort operating in a regulated multi-stakeholder environment where speed rigor and compliance must coexist
Preferred:
- P&C insurance background with exposure to commercial lines
- Familiarity with filed rating plans rating bureau frameworks (ISO NCCI) or actuarial pricing concepts
- Experience with Databricks Snowflake or comparable cloud data platforms
- Experience with Duck Creek Guidewire or similar policy administration platforms
- Exposure to predictive modeling workflows and integrating models into production pricing systems
- Experience building engineering functions or technical capabilities from an existing codebase
- Background in financial services or other regulated technology environments with clear aptitude and willingness to learn the commercial insurance domain
The pay range for the role is $131000 to $189000. The specific offer will depend on an applicants skills and other factors. This role may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program. Chubb offers a comprehensive benefits package more details on which can be found on our careers website. The disclosed pay range estimate may be adjusted for the applicable geographic differential for the location in which the position is filled.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
Chubb Life has been in Egypt since 2003. Chubb Life is the international life insurance division of Chubb - the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company by market capitalization.