Architect (Life Insurance Solutions)

Mutual of Omaha is seeking a forward‑thinking Software Architect to turn business needs into clear architecture requirements and bring a strong customer perspective to our Life Insurance Solutions technology decisions.  In this role, you’ll help drive key strategic initiatives, applying Artificial Intelligence (AI tools) to drive modernization of core platforms such as improving application and underwriting experiences, enhancing the customer and associate experience, and accelerating delivery through innovation.  We’re looking for a technically strong, collaborative leader who can influence teams and deliver modern, secure, scalable solutions.  As a Lead Architect with the Life Insurance Solutions Agile Release Train (ART), you’ll partner with business and technology teams to build solutions that support multiple products and use cases across the value stream.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Estimated Salary: $160,000 - $185,000, plus annual bonus opportunity.
• Work-life balance with vacation, personal time and paid holidays. See our benefits and perks page for details.
• Applicants for this position must not now, nor at any point in the future, require sponsorship for employment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Architecture Leadership:  Design and implement advanced software solutions, enabling loosely coupled enterprise-scale components across the teams.  Determination to deconstruct monoliths to engineer flexibility.

Strategy & Planning:  Collaborate with enterprise architects and business stakeholders to define a vision and roadmap for solution modernization, experimentation, and governance aligned to strategic outcomes.

Innovation & Prototyping:  Lead the development and identification of use cases and PoCs, as well as prioritize maintenance and automation opportunities.  Explore “what-if” scenarios, whiteboarding, and design sprints to evaluate new opportunities and validate business impact.

Governance & Ethics:  Establish and uphold standards for software quality, stewardship, ethical AI practices, and secure solution deployment while promoting regulatory compliance and trust.

Mentorship & Enablement:  Coach engineers and analysts in feature engineering, AI use and development, and asking why a lot.  Promote knowledge sharing and establish best practices across teams.

Collaboration & Integration:  Integrate solutions with microservices, event-based architectures, and external business partners, ensuring scalability, observability, and operational readiness.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• 5+ years' of experience in leading software architecture initiatives, including cloud-native platforms, software development lifecycle management, governance, and CI/CD.
• Proficiency in Python, Java/.NET, RDBMS, and event-based cloud technologies (AWS preferred), with experience deploying and maintaining APIs.  Experience in prototyping, experimentation, refining scope, and scripting/automation to build, test, and maintain software solutions.
• Strong and mature understanding of, and commitment to, software engineering and architecture principles and governance.
• Exceptional analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to interpret data, manage risk, and provide sound, innovative recommendations.
• Advocacy for change and bias for action toward results as a trusted advisor.
• You promote a culture of diversity and inclusion, value different ideas and opinions, and listen courageously, remaining curious in all that you do.
• Able to work remotely with access to a high-speed internet connection and located in the United States or Puerto Rico.

PREFERRED:

• TOGAF Certified.  Insurance industry experience.
• Experience with AWS – S3, Bedrock, SageMaker, EC2, Connect, CDK, SDK, etc.).
• Practical familiarity with autonomous AI systems
• Participation in industry groups and/or communities of practice.