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Job Category Technology
Compensation Overview The annual base salary range provided for this position is a nationwide market range and represents a broad range of salaries for this role across the country. The actual salary for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. As part of our comprehensive compensation and benefits program, employees are also eligible for performance-based cash incentive awards.
Salary Range $126,500.00 - $208,700.00
Target Openings 1
What Is the Opportunity? Travelers is seeking an Architect to join our organization as we grow and transform our Enterprise Technology Solutions organization. Our Architects are responsible for designing and guiding the technology vision that enables business transformation, specializing in creating enterprise-wide solutions that bridge current capabilities with future possibilities. This strategic position requires expertise in cloud-native technologies, APIs, AI/ML, and emerging platforms to establish scalable architectures where business applications can evolve and thrive. The ideal candidate orchestrates the technical strategy that empowers development teams - defining target states, creating technology roadmaps, and establishing architectural frameworks that accelerate innovation while maintaining standards and governance. As the essential bridge between business strategy and technical implementation, this role directly impacts organizational agility, system integration, and the enterprise's ability to rapidly adapt and scale technology solutions across the business landscape.
What Will You Do? - Lead the design and stewardship of BSI's data governance architecture, data traceability standards, and quality frameworks, alongside oversight of reference and shared data management - with heightened emphasis on data integrity as a critical enabler of AI/ML model training and regulatory reporting.
- Establish and maintain enterprise standards for data lineage, data quality measurement, and governance processes, developed in close partnership with data governance stakeholders across the organization.
- Responsible for architecting reference and shared data patterns that underpin all business domains - Management Liability, Surety, and Claims - alongside the Analytical domain, ensuring a unified and governed approach to shared data assets across the enterprise.
- Collaborate with Enterprise teams to establish guidelines for AI-ready data, while identifying gaps and defining a clear roadmap to advance BSI's overall data readiness.
- Collaborate closely with the Data Engineering Value Stream to drive data governance implementation and engage with the Enterprise teams to align on and advance cross-enterprise data standards.
- Ensure data architecture decisions support and align with regulatory compliance requirements.
- Partner with senior leaders across Technology and Business to define architecture priorities, align on strategic direction, and ensure architectural decisions are firmly grounded in business imperatives.
- Collaborate with Enterprise architecture and center of excellence teams to define and advance architectural patterns aligned with modern principles; producing best practices, reference materials, and instructional videos that drive consistent adoption across the organization.
- Develop architecture designs and patterns, partnering with engineering teams to ensure effective execution and delivery.
- Build and sustain close working relationships with engineering teams, ensuring the right skills are developed and aligned to support evolving technology direction.
- Champions modern architecture principles and technology modernization, bringing clear thought leadership and a forward-looking perspective to drive meaningful change.
- Proactively identifies opportunities to leverage emerging technology advances by analyzing key industry and technology trends and assessing their potential impact on the enterprise.
- Drive the design and execution of technology proof of concepts, ensuring modern architecture solutions are rigorously assessed for feasibility and fit before implementation.
What Will Our Ideal Candidate Have? - Technical Expertise & Education:
- Bachelor's in technology related field or equivalent with 6 years of demonstrated engineering experience or 2 to 3 years of technology architecture experience.
- Recent hands-on architecture and/or engineering experience with modern technologies.
- Experience with successful execution of modernizing technology initiatives.
- Leadership & Influence:
- Intermediate leadership skills with the ability to foster a supportive learning environment where team members can develop and grow along with a proven track record of self-motivation in identifying opportunities and tracking team efforts.
- Strategic & Business Acumen:
- Experience working in an agile operating model.
- Insurance technology experience preferred.
- Understanding of value creation and business capability models.
- Knowledge of the insurance industry.
- Able to identify and analyze current/future problems and opportunities, evaluate information to understand root causes, and explore alternative solutions for effective decision-making.
- Ability to work collaboratively with teammates to achieve mutually responsible results.
- Experience exercising sound judgment, making decisions and committing to a position.
- Effective verbal, written and listening communication skills.
What is a Must Have? - Bachelor's degree in computer science, related STEM field, or its equivalent in education and/or work experience.
- 4 additional years of architecture/software engineering experience.
What Is in It for You? - Health Insurance: Employees and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners, and children - are eligible for coverage from the first day of employment.
- Retirement: Travelers matches your 401(k) contributions dollar-for-dollar up to your first 5% of eligible pay, subject to an annual maximum. If you have student loan debt, you can enroll in the Paying it Forward Savings Program. When you make a payment toward your student loan, Travelers will make an annual contribution into your 401(k) account. You are also eligible for a Pension Plan that is 100% funded by Travelers.
- Paid Time Off: Start your career at Travelers with a minimum of 20 days Paid Time Off annually, plus nine paid company Holidays.
- Wellness Program: The Travelers wellness program is comprised of tools, discounts and resources that empower you to achieve your wellness goals and caregiving needs. In addition, our mental health program provides access to free professional counseling services, health coaching and other resources to support your daily life needs.
- Volunteer Encouragement: We have a deep commitment to the communities we serve and encourage our employees to get involved. Travelers has a Matching Gift and Volunteer Rewards program that enables you to give back to the charity of your choice.
Employment Practices Travelers is an equal opportunity employer. We value the unique abilities and talents each individual brings to our organization and recognize that we benefit in numerous ways from our differences.
In accordance with local law, candidates seeking employment in Colorado are not required to disclose dates of attendance at or graduation from educational institutions.
If you are a candidate and have specific questions regarding the physical requirements of this role, please send us an email so we may assist you.
Travelers reserves the right to fill this position at a level above or below the level included in this posting.
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