Enterprise Software Architect

Overview

As a global market leader, iPipeline combines technology, innovation, and expertise to deliver ground-breaking, award-winning software solutions that transform the life insurance, financial services, and protection industries. With one of the industry’s largest data sets, we help advisors/advisers and agents to transform paper and manual operations into a secure, seamless digital experience – from proposal to commission– so they can help better secure the financial futures of their clients.

At iPipeline, you’ll play a major role in helping us to provide best-in‑class, transformative solutions. We’re passionate, creative, and innovative, and together as a team, we continually strive to advance, accelerate, and expand the reach of our technology. We value different perspectives and are committed to creating an environment that embraces diverse backgrounds and fosters inclusion.

We’re proud that we’ve been recognized as a repeat winner of various industry awards, demonstrating our excellence and highlighting us as a top workplace in both the US and the UK. We believe that the culture we’ve built for our nearly 900 employees around the word is exceptional -- and we’ve created a place where our employees love to come to work, every single day.

Come join our team!

iPipeline is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, color, religious creed, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, and/or protected veteran status. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees.

This is a Hybrid position.

The Advisory Software Architect is a senior strategic leader responsible for defining and driving the enterprise-wide architectural vision across software systems and applications. This role ensures that technology solutions align with business needs while maintaining the highest standards of security, performance, scalability, and quality.

As a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the role influences long‑term technology strategy, leads complex transformation initiatives (e.g., Micro Service Architecture and SaaS transformation, cloud adoption, AI integration, technical stack modernisation), and governs architectural consistency across the enterprise and partner ecosystems. The position also plays a key role in shaping industry best practices and representing the organisation externally.

Enterprise & Ecosystem Architecture

• Design and oversee the implementation of enterprise‑wide software architecture, spanning internal platforms, cloud environments, and external partner ecosystems
• Develop “big picture” architectural frameworks to guide engineering teams and ensure alignment with business strategy
• Ensure architectural consistency, scalability, performance, and maintainability across all systems

Strategic Technology Leadership

• Influence executive‑level decision‑making by aligning architectural strategy with evolving business and market needs
• Evaluate and recommend emerging tools, technologies, and processes to enhance platform capability and innovation
• Define development standards, including technology choices, workflows, and coding practices

Transformation & Modernisation

• Lead large‑scale technology transformations such as:
• Cloud migration and hybrid architecture strategies
• Monolith‑to‑microservices evolution
• AI, analytics, and data platform integration
• Drive innovation in digital customer experiences within fintech and insurtech domains

Architecture Governance & Risk Management

• Establish and lead enterprise architectural governance frameworks
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, regulatory, and quality standards
• Identify and mitigate long‑term architectural risks (e.g., vendor lock‑in, scalability constraints, regulatory exposure)

Technical Design & Solution Development

• Conduct research, analyse data, gather requirements, and define end‑to‑end solutions
• Create architectural artefacts representing system functions, integrations, and user interfaces
• Provide expert technical guidance and oversight to development teams

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