Senior Software Platform Lead - Duck Creek & Azure
Your role
As a Senior Software Platform Lead will drive the architecture, design, and reengineering of a core insurance platform, with a strong focus on Duck Creek implementation and modern cloud-native engineering on Azure. This is a hands-on leadership role combining solution architecture, platform modernization, and deep technical delivery ownership, with emphasis on scalable integration, data-driven platforms, and engineering best practices
You will play a key role in:
- Define and own target state architecture for a Duck Creek-based insurance platform (Policy, Billing, Claims)
- Lead platform reengineering and modernization initiatives focusing on scalability, performance, and maintainability
- Design cloud-native architectures leveraging Azure services (Function Apps, Synapse, integration services)
- Establish architecture standards, design principles, and governance frameworks across engineering teams
- Act as a hands-on technical lead, contributing to development using .NET / C#
- Design and build Azure-based services (Function Apps, APIs, event-driven components)
- Ensure code quality, performance optimization, and secure development practices
- Lead implementation of complex integration scenarios across enterprise systems
- Drive adoption of cloud-native engineering practices (microservices, serverless, API-first)
- Lead DevOps enablement (CI/CD pipelines, automation, GitOps practices)
- Architect and implement data platforms leveraging Azure Synapse and modern pipelines
- Design scalable integration patterns (API-led, event-driven, batch processing)
Your profile
- 12+ years of software engineering and platform delivery experience
- Strong hands-on expertise in .NET / C# development
- Proven experience with Microsoft Azure, including:
- Azure Function Apps
- Azure Synapse Analytics
- API Management / integration services
- Strong knowledge of microservices, APIs, and event-driven architectures
- Experience with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines
- Platform & Domain Expertise (Mandatory)
- Proven experience delivering Duck Creek-based solutions (Policy, Billing, Claims)
- Strong understanding of insurance domain processes
- Experience with policy administration, underwriting, claims, and billing systems
- Demonstrated experience in large-scale platform implementation or transformation programs
Sydney, AU