Overview
Senior Solution Architect (Guidewire) – Insurance – £120K (+Bonus). Are you a future-focused Solution Architect who thrives on tackling complex challenges, modernising legacy ecosystems, and influencing enterprise-wide technology strategy?
A global, financially rock-solid specialty insurer is expanding its Architecture function and is looking for a Senior Solution Architect to drive major transformation across underwriting, claims, policy administration, and digital customer platforms.
This is a role for someone who wants to own the blueprint, champion best practice, and set the direction for a multi-year modernisation journey.
What Makes This Opportunity Stand Out
- Enterprise influence – You’ll shape the roadmap for multiple business domains and play a key role in retiring legacy systems and designing modern, modular, cloud-ready platforms.
- True architecture ownership – From concept to approval, you are the accountable design authority for critical initiatives.
- Innovation-driven – The organisation actively invests in emerging tech, Agile, DevSecOps, and architectural excellence.
- Global exposure – Work closely with a mature enterprise architecture community, sharing patterns, frameworks, and innovation across regions.
- Impact at scale – Your designs will directly influence underwriting efficiency, customer experience, and strategic growth.
What You’ll Lead
- Build system & application roadmaps that transform current-state platforms into cloud-enabled, future-proof solutions
- Create flexible, modular, reusable designs aligned to enterprise standards
- Provide architecture governance, design assurance and technology oversight
- Mentor engineering teams, review designs & code, and champion best practice
- Align tech direction with business outcomes, security standards and global governance
- Support Agile delivery teams and embed DevSecOps principles into solution design
- Evaluate new technologies and drive innovation through the organisation
- Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, engineering & security teams
- Own all non-functional requirements and ensure solutions meet operational expectations
What You Bring
- Deep experience in insurance (Underwriting, Claims, Policy Admin, PAS, portals)
- Architectural leadership across transformation and modernisation programmes
- Expertise in Cloud, APIs, Microservices, Integration Patterns, Eventing & DevSecOps
- Experience with custom-built + COTS/MOTS application landscapes
- Understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks (TOGAF is a plus)
- Strong analytical thinking, communication excellence, and technical authority
- Ability to mentor teams, challenge assumptions and guide delivery at pace
- A hands-on mindset paired with strategic architectural thinking
- Guidewire or large-scale policy administration experience is a significant advantage
Who This Role Is Perfect For
- Architects who enjoy influencing senior stakeholders
- Architects who enjoy working across multiple teams & streams
- Architects who bring structure, governance & clarity to complex landscapes
- Architects who balance legacy modernisation with new tech innovation
If you’re energised by building the future rather than maintaining the past — this will feel like home. Please apply now for immediate consideration!
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