Data Architect - Duck Creek/Guidewire
About the job
- 8+ years of experience in data architecture, modeling, and solution design within the P&C insurance domain.
- Deep understanding of policy, product, coverage, rating, and forms data structures.
- Proven expertise in canonical data models, handling complex hierarchies, and implementing effective dating/versioning.
- Experience working with or integrating major policy administration platforms (FAST, Guidewire, Duck Creek, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of SQL Server and PostgreSQL (schema design, indexing, performance tuning).
- Hands-on experience with .NET (C#, ASP.NET) for enterprise-grade services.
- Experience with React for building dynamic UI components.
- Expertise in REST API design, including security, versioning, and scalability.
- Practical experience with AWS cloud services for deployment and integration.
- Data Architecture & Strategy Design, evolve and maintain a canonical insurance data model (CIDM) that supports ISO ERC and proprietary carrier products, and custom extensions.
- Define and enforce standards for data capture, persistence, normalization, and extensibility, ensuring alignment with the FAST P&C Platform’s architecture.
- Architect and govern effective dating, versioning, and historical tracking strategies across coverages, forms, schedules, exposures, and hierarchies.
- Model complex insurance relationships including 1-1, 1-many, many-many, cross-product linkages, and multi-level policy structures.
- Establish and communicate best practices for product-agnostic and highly extensible model design.
- End-to-end Technical Architecture: Define end-to-end technical architecture for integration with downstream systems (rating, analytics, reporting).
- Design and optimize relational schemas in SQL Server and PostgreSQL, including indexing strategies, partitioning approaches, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
- Partner with developers to build and refine .NET-based services that implement business logic, data access patterns, and platform APIs.
- Define and maintain REST API contracts for consistent, secure, and scalable data interchange.
- Work with UI teams to align React components and workflows with underlying data structures.
- Contribute to end-to-end solution architecture including AWS cloud deployments, microservices, and integrations.
- Governance, Metadata, and Standards: Establish and maintain data governance frameworks including data contracts, naming standards, lineage tracking, and data quality controls.
- Implement standards for extensibility (typed extension tables, JSON attributes) and enforce data quality rules.
- Drive compliance with ISO updates and carrier-specific filings through version-controlled mapping rules.
- Oversee management of product registries, mapping rules, configuration metadata, and product lineage.
- Platform, Implementation Partnership, and Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with business analysts, product managers, and insurance SMEs to translate business requirements into robust data structures.
- Serve as the data architecture authority for the FAST P&C Platform team.
- Represent data architecture in customer implementations, conduct workshops, and validate technical assumptions.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex data issues during onboarding, testing, and internal and external deployments.
- Collaborate with Verisk product teams, enterprise architects, and data engineers to ensure seamless integration and operationalization of the data model.
- Communicate technical risks, trade-offs, and opportunities to leadership in clear business terms.
About the company
Verisk sells data, analytics, and software to insurers, reinsurers, and insurance intermediaries that assess risk and settle claims. Its tools support insurance pricing and policy development, catastrophe modeling, and claims investigation, combining industry records with scientific models and specialized applications. Xactimate calculates property repair estimates, while other platforms compare claims to identify suspected fraud and model losses from natural disasters. Customers pay through hosted subscriptions, transaction fees, and advisory services, with software and data integrated into their underwriting and claims workflows. Verisk traces its operating roots to 1971 and is headquartered in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Company Size
5,001-10,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Jersey City, New Jersey
Founded
1971
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Core demand is expanding: July 2026 results showed Verisk's subscriptions growing 8% excluding currency and portfolio changes.
- Recurring contracts support stability: subscriptions generated 84% of Verisk's insurance revenue in the first half of 2026.
- Career progression has a map: Verisk's Career Framework links employee skills to job functions and grades.
What critics are saying
- Data suppliers hold leverage: Verisk's contracts are short term, and some suppliers also compete with it.
- Technology teams face a handoff: Verisk's CIO role moved to interim leadership in August 2026.
- Merger execution faced court intervention: August 2026 ruling ordered Verisk to pursue AccuLynx approval and pay direct costs.
What makes Verisk unique
- Insurance rulebooks are a product: Verisk's ISO library contains more than 30,000 standardized policy forms and resources.
- Repair pricing is local: Verisk's estimating data covers more than 460 markets using completed jobs and cost research.
- Its data has a field operation: Verisk deploys about 500 US representatives to inspect properties and community protections.
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