Duck Creek Architect – Policy Administration Solutions

Xceedance; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Xceedance is seeking a Duck Creek Architect to lead policy administration solutions on the Duck Creek platform. This remote role in the United States focuses on architecture, configuration strategy, and integration guidance for large‑scale P&C transformations.

You will partner with business and platform teams to ensure scalable, maintainable solutions, with a strong emphasis on data modeling, rule configuration, and API integrations. A deep Duck Creek Policy background is required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in solution architecture and integration design.
• 8+ years in Duck Creek implementations including policy configuration and architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or MCA.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for Duck Creek Policy implementations, including data model, product configuration, workflows, and integrations.
• Define target architecture, solution blueprints, and design standards aligned with enterprise architecture and program objectives.
• Lead architecture reviews, design workshops, and solution walkthroughs with stakeholders across onshore/offshore teams.
• Mentor developers, config leads, and junior architects to ensure maintainability and governance.
• Guide integration patterns across policy, billing, and claims with API-based approaches.

Skills

Solution architecture

Integration design

REST APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology

MCA

Tools

Azure Logic Apps

MuleSoft

iPaaS

Job description

Job Title: Duck Creek Architect – Policy Administration Solutions

Location: Remote (United States; prefer EST and CST)

This role is open only to candidates who are authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Who We Are

Xceedance provides strategic operations support, technology, and data services to drive efficiencies for insurance organizations worldwide. We collaborate with insurers, reinsurers, MGAs, brokers, and captives to launch products, implement intelligent technology, deploy advanced analytics, and achieve business process optimization. We are committed to adding direct value in the business of insurance and help our clients to embrace change, accelerate innovation, and achieve meaningful business outcomes.

We are seeking a highly experienced Duck Creek Architect to lead the architecture, design, and implementation of policy administration solutions on the Duck Creek platform. This role plays a critical part in enabling large‑scale digital transformation programs for P&C insurers by providing platform‑led architecture, configuration strategy, and integration guidance.

The Architect will act as a bridge between business and technology, ensuring that policy administration capabilities are scalable, configurable, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards. The role requires deep expertise in Duck Creek Policy, strong understanding of insurance processes (rating, underwriting, product configuration), and the ability to guide large, distributed teams across onshore/offshore models.

This position will also partner with stakeholders across business, delivery, and platform teams (including Duck Creek OnDemand where applicable) to ensure solution integrity, performance alignment, and long‑term maintainability.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own end‑to‑end architecture for Duck Creek Policy implementations, including data model, product configuration, workflows, and integrations
• Define target architecture, solution blueprints, and design standards aligned with enterprise architecture and program objectives
• Ensure alignment with Duck Creek best practices, upgrade path considerations, and SaaS constraints (if applicable)
• Design scalable solutions covering rating, underwriting rules, document generation, and policy lifecycle management

Stakeholder & Delivery Leadership

• Act as a trusted advisor to client architects, business leaders, and program stakeholders
• Lead architecture review boards, design workshops, and solution walkthroughs
• Mentor developers, config leads, and junior architects
• Support RFPs, solutioning, and proposal development for Duck Creek programs
• Drive low‑code/no‑code configuration approach leveraging Duck Creek Author tools
• Establish configuration design principles, coding standards, and governance frameworks
• Review and approve configuration artifacts to ensure consistency, reusability, and maintainability
• Provide guidance on product model design and versioning strategy
• Define integration patterns across policy, billing, claims, and external systems
• Guide implementation of API‑based integrations and event‑driven architectures
• Ensure robust handling of data flows, validations, and transformations

Performance, Scalability & NFR Alignment

• Ensure solution design meets performance, scalability, and resiliency requirements
• Identify configuration or design patterns that may impact transaction response times or system throughputCollaborate with performance engineering teams to optimize rule execution, data retrieval, and service interactions

What You Bring

• 15+ years of experience in Solution architecture and integration design expertise. Hands‑on exposure to; Upstream and downstream integrations; REST APIs, Composed JSON/XML payloads; Integration troubleshooting and impact analysis; Middleware / iPaaS tools (Azure Logic Apps / MuleSoft)
• 8+ years in Duck Creek implementations to include Policy configuration and architecture. Deep expertise in: Product configuration; Rules and workflows; Rating, forms, and product models; Transact, User Management, Party Configuration, Express 2.0/ Express 3.0
• Experience in large‑scale transformation programs to include understanding of SaaS architecture and DCOD operating model. Knowledge of; Release cycles & quarterly upgrades; Feature toggles and environment constraints; Tenant based configurations; Impact analysis of Duck Creek releases on custom configurations
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or MCA

What You Can Expect from Us

• A collaborative, entrepreneurial environment where your ideas drive change
• Opportunities to work with cutting‑edge technologies and a worldwide network of insurance experts
• A culture rooted in teamwork, integrity, continuous learning, and client success

At Xceedance, you will discover the possibility to exceed yourself and grow persistently with us. We offer career development opportunities to our members for a well‑rounded development throughout their journey with us. Xceedance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.