Solutions Architect

Kinsale Insurance is seeking a dynamic Solutions Architect to join our growing Technology team. Beyond interpreting business problems and building technical solutions, this role will contribute to the strategic vision for how technology can enable organizational change and competitive differentiation. You’ll shape and evangelize enterprise-wide architecture principles, mentor peers, and partner with teams to translate business strategy into consistent technology implementations.

Kinsale Insurance is a fast-growing, innovation-driven specialty insurer with a strong focus on technology and process excellence. Here, your contributions will be visible, valued, and impactful. We offer a collaborative environment where high performers thrive, with opportunities to shape the future of our tech stack and influence enterprise-wide decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a thought leader providing guidance to teams on implementing architectural patterns and standards to elevate architectural maturity
• Collaborate with team members, technical resources, and business stakeholders to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain business applications
• Assess, select and recommend the optimal set of technologies (as part of a solutions architecture) to develop a particular solution
• Create and articulate solutions architecture artifacts that clearly demonstrate the key architectural decisions, patterns and technologies within a proposed solution
• Develop and socialize reusable enterprise design patterns, reference architectures, prototypes and POCs to accelerate delivery and standardize practices.
• Evaluate current-state systems and enable teams to migrate legacy platforms to target-state in incremental, low-risk waves
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders on options, risks, trade-offs and constraints associated with architectural recommendations
• Ensure compliance with non-functional requirements (security, scalability, reliability, performance, usability) through architecture reviews
• Stay current on emerging technologies and propose relevant changes to the existing architecture

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field—or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience designing and developing software solutions.
• Proven experience driving enterprise-level transformation, including stakeholder engagement, communications, and adoption planning.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native platforms and distributed systems; must have contributed to at least two full-scale enterprise implementations.
• Strong background in architecture governance within Agile and DevOps frameworks.
• Deep understanding of microservices, API-first design, and modern application frameworks.
• Familiar with tools and technologies including CI/CD pipelines, containers and orchestration, event-driven architectures, and identity management platforms.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex ideas to technical and non-technical audiences.

Technical Experience:

• Hands-on experience with Java (Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate), Python, Node.js, or equivalent backend language.
• Strong front-end development skills using Angular 16 , Bootstrap, or equivalent frontend framework.
• Build and integrate APIs in distributed environments.
• Utilize AWS services, including EKS, ECS, S3, EC2, or equivalent cloud services.
• Lead the development of:
• Enterprise design patterns
• Reference architectures
• Proofs of concept (POCs) to accelerate delivery and promote consistency
• Guide teams in secure identity and access management practices using Azure AD / Entra ID and Auth0
• Bring familiarity with modern data streaming platforms such as Kafka
• Communicate architectural decisions, trade-offs, and technical constraints effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences

At Kinsale we offer the following great benefits:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus opportunities
• Single and Family Health, Dental and Vision Insurance plans with company contributed HSA funds
• Short-Term and Long-Term disability
• Life Insurance
• Matching 401(k) at 6% with no vesting time period
• Generous Paid Time Off (22 days) and Holidays (10)
• $3,000 in Education dollars for training and certifications every year

Kinsale values strong financial responsibility. A credit check will be conducted as a part of the selection process for roles that require sound judgement, trustworthiness, or access to sensitive information.