External Advertising Title Lead Technical Consultant

Team:CX Solution Services
Salary Range: $160,000 - $180,000 USD per year
Location: Chicago / Atlanta / Dallas

This role is aligned to our hub locations. While we’re especially interested in candidates in or near these areas, we welcome applications from outside of these locations as well.

Applied is where insurance technology gets reinvented, and we build it fast. Our cloud software and AI-powered solutions reach thousands of agencies and brokers worldwide, setting the pace for what modern insurance can do.

We’re looking for a Lead Technical Consultant to join our Applied Solutions team and serve as a technical strategic advisor, setting architecture, integration, and cloud delivery standards while guiding clients through their most ambitious and complex digital transformations.

• Advise client CIOs, CTOs, and executive leaders, aligning Applied's technical roadmap with their enterprise transformations
• Act as the executive technical authority on our largest, most complex enterprise engagements and lighthouse implementations, and lead resolution of systemic multi-system escalations
• Establish and evolve architecture, integration, and cloud delivery standards and best-practice frameworks across Applied's software ecosystem
• Lead cross-functional programs with Professional Services, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success, turning lessons from the field into repeatable blueprints and product enhancements
• Partner with Sales leadership on pursuit strategies, scoping frameworks, and value-engineering for high-value, first-of-their-kind deals
• Shape technical strategy with hyperscalers such as Google Cloud Platform and integration partners, and mentor senior consultants and architects

• 5+ years of business/technical solutions implementation, including cloud architecture design, evaluation, and custom solutions development
• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or equivalent work experience (8+ years, or 6+ years with an associate degree)
• Proven cross-functional leadership, defining technical standards, and contributing to practice strategy, plus 3+ years of client and/or project management experience
• Hands-on experience with scalable, resilient application architecture and Dev Ops practices (2+ years), cloud platforms and/or APIs (2+ years), containers (1+ year), and REST/SOAP APIs, SQL, Java, and JavaScript, across AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Ability to lead executive-facing workshops, design as-is and to-be process flows and architecture diagrams, support pre-sales scoping, and explain technical topics clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Professional Cloud Architect certification
• Salesforce admin or technical experience (including APEX)
• 1+ years of experience in the insurance industry

Talent shows up in a lot of different ways, and we mean that. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experience levels, including military members and their spouses and those without a traditional degree or tech background.

The best work happens when smart people move fast, together. For over 40+ years, Applied has built technology that solves real problems for insurance professionals - and we’re still pushing what’s possible.

You’ll be part of our people-first culture built on trust, inclusion, and growth - where you’re supported to deliver, collaborate with teammates who care, and grow with leaders invested in your success.

We invest in the whole person, not just the role. Our benefits and resources are built to support your health, your time, and your life…