Trupanion
Pet Insurance
EnterpriseSoftwareArchitect
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“Enterprise Software Architect at Trupanion. Skills: Enterprise architecture, Technology strategy, Architecture governance. Define enterprise target-state architectures. Evolve enterprise target-state architectures”
What You'll Achieve.
Reduce complexity; Reduce technical debt; Enable faster delivery; Enable safer delivery; Improve technology investment decisions; Teams deliver faster; Teams deliver with confidence; Technology decisions align; Decrease complexity over time; Decrease technical debt over time; Architecture viewed as strategic partner; Architecture viewed as trusted advisor
Industry & Context.
Pragmatic mindset; Data-driven exceptions
Hybrid remote/in-office schedule
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's or Master's degree, 7+ years software engineering experience, 3+ years enterprise architecture experience, Experience defining target-state architectures, Experience defining technology roadmaps, Experience in cloud-based architectures, Experience in distributed architectures, Experience in modern software architectures, Experience in agile environments, Experience in product-oriented delivery, Ability to influence senior leaders, Experience modernizing complex systems, Understanding of security patterns, Understanding of data architecture, Understanding of integration patterns, Ability to navigate ambiguity, Ability to drive clarity
Nice to Have
Experience on East Coast time zone
What You'll Do.
Define enterprise target-state architectures
Evolve enterprise target-state architectures
Communicate enterprise target-state architectures
Ensure systems remain secure
Enable business agility
Connect business strategy
Connect technical execution
Balance near-term delivery
Balance long-term architecture
Define enterprise future state
Ensure positive business outcomes
Ensure implementation aligns with architecture
Buy and integrate solutions
Make build decisions intentionally
Establish architecture vision
Maintain architecture vision
Reduce technical debt
Simplify intentionally
Modernize intentionally
Enable faster delivery
Enable safer delivery
Provide clear standards
Provide clear patterns
Provide clear guardrails
Improve technology investment decisions
Develop architecture roadmaps
Maintain architecture roadmaps
Balance delivery velocity
Translate business strategy
Provide architectural direction
Prioritize simplicity
Prioritize scalability
Prioritize resilience
Lead technology selection
Validate technology selection
Establish architecture standards
Own architecture standards
Evolve architecture standards
Lead architecture reviews
Avoid unnecessary bureaucracy
Partner with engineering leadership
Ensure governance enables delivery
Promote standard adoption
Allow pragmatic exceptions
Document AI technologies usage
Evangelize AI technologies usage
Ensure AI usage meets governance
Ensure AI usage meets compliance
Collaborate with Solution Architects
Collaborate with Principal Engineers
Collaborate with Engineering Teams
Align designs with enterprise strategy
Provide architectural guidance
Support teams in designing solutions
Assess legacy systems
Define modernization strategies
Define migration strategies
Identify opportunities to reduce risk
Identify opportunities to reduce duplication
Identify opportunities to reduce cost
Guide incremental modernization
Advance target-state goals
Research emerging technologies
Evaluate emerging technologies
Evaluate industry trends
Improve architecture practices
Improve ways of working
Produce architecture decision records
Produce recommendations
Support executive decision-making
Align new technology adoption
Communicate architectural intent
Communicate trade-offs
Communicate decisions
Champion architecture value
Facilitate alignment across teams
Facilitate alignment across departments
Facilitate alignment across portfolios
Communicate technology decisions
Communicate standards
Define architecture health metrics
Track architecture health metrics
Measure architecture impact
Communicate architecture impact
Measure architecture value
Communicate architecture value
Improve architecture practices
Improve architecture tooling
Improve architecture ways of working
Contribute to budgeting
Contribute to forecasting
Contribute to cost optimization
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product and platform teams; Engineering leadership; Solution Architects; Principal Engineers; Engineering Teams; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Executive presentations; Technical documentation; Whitepapers; Recommendations
Process & Methodology
Roadmaps, Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
Trupanion is a leading provider of medical insurance for cats and dogs in North America. Our mission is to help loving, responsible pet owners budget and care for their pets. At Trupanion, we offer a collaborative, casual, and pet-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves. The Enterprise Software Architect is accountable for defining, evolving, and communicating the enterprise’s target-state architecture and technology strategy. This role ensures that software systems, data, platforms, and integration patterns are designed to scale, remain secure, and enable long-term business agility. The Enterprise Architect connects business strategy to technical execution, balancing near-term delivery with long-term architectural health. This role operates at the intersection of strategy, execution, and influence. Success requires deep technical credibility, strong business acumen, and the ability to guide senior technical leaders and executives toward sound, pragmatic technology decisions. This architecture role is a hands-on and strategic leadership position, accountable for defining the enterprise future state, ensuring positive business outcomes enabled by that future state, and holding accountability for ensuring implementation aligns with target-state architecture. In doing so, the Enterprise Software Architect demonstrates a clear preference to buy and integrate commercially available or partner-provided solutions over building bespoke systems, making build decisions intentionally and only where they create differentiated business value. This position is open across the United States with a preference for those in Seattle or the East Coast time zone. Seattle candidates will have a hybrid remote/in-office schedule where you will work from our casual, pet-friendly office at least 3 days a week. Key Outcomes & Impact The Enterprise Software Architect will: * Establish and maintain a cohesive enterprise architecture vision aligned with business object
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