AI-Powered Life Insurance Tech Lead & Architect

EXL Talent Acquisition Team; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EXL LifePRO/LISS in the United States seeks an experienced technical lead for Life Insurance and Annuity domain projects. You will guide architecture, oversee distributed teams, and ensure delivery of scalable solutions.

The role requires 8–12 years in mainframe/modern tech, COBOL, C#, SQL, and API design. You will mentor teams, drive code quality, and leverage AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code to improve throughput.

Qualifications

• BS/BA/MBA/MS graduate
• Bachelor's Degree in Technology (B.Tech) or
• Master's Degree in Computer Applications (MCA)

Responsibilities

• Lead and support multiple client engagements within the Life Insurance and Annuity domain.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, project managers, business analysts, and development teams to analyze business requirements and design effective technical solutions.
• Participate in project planning, estimation, and solution architecture discussions.
• Conduct design reviews and provide recommendations on application architecture, data flow, and system integration.
• Ensure adherence to Project Life Cycle Methodology, IT control policies, and corporate architecture standards.
• Prepare and maintain high-level and low-level technical design documents and specifications.
• Provide technical leadership to development and support teams across onshore and offshore locations.
• Drive code quality through code reviews, best practices, and development standards.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and adoption of emerging technologies.
• Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and market developments related to Life Insurance and Annuity products.
• Must be able to understand and leverage latest AI capabilities via enterprise tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code and in-house Models to gain operational efficiency and high throughput.

Skills

COBOL

C#

SQL

Git

API Design

Code Reviews

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Application Architecture

Solution Design

Education

BS/BA/MBA/MS

B.Tech

MCA

Tools

GitHub

Mainframe Tools

Job description

EXL LifePRO/LISS in the United States seeks an experienced technical lead for Life Insurance and Annuity domain projects. You will guide architecture, oversee distributed teams, and ensure delivery of scalable solutions.

The role requires 8–12 years in mainframe/modern tech, COBOL, C#, SQL, and API design. You will mentor teams, drive code quality, and leverage AI tools like GitHub Copilot and Claude Code to improve throughput.