Senior Duck Creek Architect: Policy, API, DCOD

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Functional Duck Creek SME to design, implement, and maintain Duck Creek Policy and Insights solutions. You will build headless integrations and APIs, work with DCOD deployments, and collaborate with architects to deliver scalable insurance platforms.

The role requires extensive Duck Creek experience, strong analytical abilities, and effective communication across cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on experience with Duck Creek Policy (Author, Express, Server, Forms, Rating, User Admin).
• Strong experience with Duck Creek Insights — report building, data extraction, and analytics configuration.
• Proven experience designing and implementing headless/API-based architectures, including RESTful API development and integration patterns.
• Working knowledge of Duck Creek On Demand (DCOD) — cloud deployment model, configuration management, and platform nuances.
• Solid understanding of P&C insurance domain concepts across Personal, Commercial, and/or Specialty Lines of Business.
• Experience with Duck Creek Manuscript development, including underwriting rules, rating algorithms, and form generation logic.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum delivery methodology.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with experience collaborating across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and implement insurance products and business logic using Duck Creek Policy (Author, Express, Server, Forms, Rating, and related components).
• Develop and maintain Duck Creek Insights reports, dashboards, and data models to support business reporting and analytics needs.
• Architect and implement headless/API-first integrations, enabling Duck Creek Policy capabilities to be consumed by external front-end applications, portals, and third-party systems.
• Leverage DCOD (Duck Creek On Demand) platform knowledge to support cloud-based deployments, configuration management, and platform-specific best practices.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts, Product Owners, and Enterprise Architects to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Build and maintain Duck Creek Manuscripts, covering underwriting rules, rating logic, and form generation.
• Design and expose RESTful/SOAP APIs for integration with policy administration, billing, and claims systems, as well as external vendor services.
• Participate in system architecture discussions, providing recommendations on integration patterns, data flow, and headless implementation strategies.
• Conduct impact analysis for upgrades, patches, and new feature rollouts across Policy and Insights modules.
• Ensure adherence to information security standards and data governance policies throughout implementation.
• Support testing, troubleshooting, and performance tuning across Duck Creek components in both on-premises and DCOD environments.
• Document technical designs, integration specifications, and configuration standards for ongoing platform support.

Skills

Duck Creek Policy

Duck Creek Insights

Headless/API Architecture

DCOD

P&C Insurance Concepts

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Problem Solving

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Functional Duck Creek SME to design, implement, and maintain Duck Creek Policy and Insights solutions. You will build headless integrations and APIs, work with DCOD deployments, and collaborate with architects to deliver scalable insurance platforms.

The role requires extensive Duck Creek experience, strong analytical abilities, and effective communication across cross-functional teams.