Sr. Calculation Developer / Architect - Insurance

We are looking for Sr. Calculation Developer / Architect - Insurance - Hybrid for our client in Springfield MA.

Job Title: Sr. Calculation Developer / Architect - Insurance

Job Location: Springfield MA

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $95.00hr - $100.00hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• 10+ years of enterprise software engineering, architecture, or legacy-system modernization experience.
• Experience with product calculation engines, rules engines, pricing logic, projections, or highly configurable rules platforms.
• Strong BA/discovery skillset including stakeholder interviewing, requirement elicitation, and process mapping.
• Strong understanding of APIs, service orchestration, data contracts, dependency mapping, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Ability to reverse engineer older platforms, document technical debt, and recommend phased modernization options.
• Experience in life insurance, annuities, illustrations, product definition, policy administration, or financial services technology.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills to translate technical findings into executive-ready recommendations.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the technical architecture of the existing calculation platform, including model usage, integration points, and data inputs.
• Reverse engineer specific customizations, interfaces, and dependencies around the calculation engine.
• Perform discovery with business and technical stakeholders to capture requirements, pain points, and current-state flows.
• Evaluate technical upgrade paths for design GUI and related calculation authoring or modeling capabilities.
• Assess API, service, batch, reporting, and downstream integration touchpoints that depend on calculation outputs.
• Partner with reporting SMEs to understand report engine integration points and data dependencies.
• Identify candidate areas for wrapping, abstraction, modularization, or replacement using product rules and pricing services.
• Use AI-assisted analysis and development tools such as Claude AI and GitHub Copilot to accelerate discovery and documentation.
• Document questions, assumptions, decisions, risks, and dependencies for stakeholder review.
• Produce actionable discovery findings, options, risks, and roadmap recommendations for modernization planning.

Nice to Have:

• Hands-on experience with DXC VP/MS, Vantage, Assure Product, or comparable product/modeling platforms.
• Experience with BIRT report engine configuration, templates, data sources, or rendering.
• Expert knowledge of Office 365.
• Practical use of AI-assisted engineering tools for code analysis and refactoring.
• Experience designing modular product services or strangler-pattern modernization approaches.

Skills:

• Enterprise Software Engineering.
• Legacy System Modernization.
• Calculation Engines.
• Rules Engines.
• API Architecture.
• Service Orchestration.
• Technical Discovery.
• Insurance Technology.
• Claude AI.
• GitHub Copilot.
• DXC VP/MS.
• BIRT Reporting.

Qualification And Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA).

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities