Senior System Architect

About Peak3
Peak3 is an award-winning vertical SaaS provider, enabling more relevant, convenient, and affordable insurance protection for everyone through our technology and ingenuity. Together with our clients, we create a more resilient and innovative future.
We combine insurance core, distribution, and AI solutions to deliver a step change in performance for insurers, MGAs, and insurance intermediaries. From greenfield embedded insurance ventures to multi-country core modernization programs, our SaaS solutions power top customers across life, health, and P&C insurance.
Our 500+ colleagues are based across over 15 countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East – with an ambitious roadmap to scale further.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior System Architect to design and evolve scalable, secure and maintainable systems for our insurance clients, with a focus on the Indian market.
You will work closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, engineering teams and client stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions across insurance platforms, applications and integrations.
Insurance domain experience is not mandatory, but experience in Life Insurance is a strong advantage.
Role and Responsibilities
Define system and solution architecture for complex enterprise applications and platforms.
Translate business and functional requirements into scalable technical solutions and architecture designs.
Design APIs, integrations, data flows and system interfaces across internal and external platforms.
Provide technical guidance to engineering teams and review solution and technical designs.
Ensure solutions meet security, performance, scalability, availability and maintainability requirements.
Identify technical risks, dependencies and architectural gaps, and drive appropriate solutions.
Support system modernisation, migration and platform transformation initiatives.
Contribute to technical discovery, RFI/RFP responses and client workshops.
What You Bring
8+ years of experience in software engineering, system design or solution architecture.
Strong experience designing enterprise-scale, distributed and highly integrated systems.
Solid understanding of architecture patterns, APIs, microservices, databases, messaging and system integration.
Experience with modern cloud platforms and cloud-native architecture.
Strong understanding of security, scalability, performance, resilience and observability.
Strong analytical, problem-solving and technical communication skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
Experience working with Agile, DevOps and distributed engineering teams, as well as latest AI tooling/AI-DLC.
Nice to Have
Understanding of Policy Administration, Underwriting, Claims, Billing, Product Configuration or Policy Servicing systems.
Experience with insurance platform integrations, including CRM, payments, distribution, actuarial or finance systems.
Experience with Life Insurance platforms such as TCS BaNCS, ALIP, LifePRO, INSIS, FAST or equivalent.
Familiarity with IRDAI requirements and Indian insurance processes.

Work arrangement
Yes