Insurance Platform Architect - Principal

Established in 2021, Independence Pet Holdings is a corporate holding company that manages a diverse and broad portfolio of modern pet health brands and services, including insurance, pet education, lost recovery services, and more throughout North America.

We believe pet insurance is more than a financial product and build solutions to simplify the pet parenting journey and help improve the well-being of pets. As a leading authority in the pet category, we operate with a full stack of resources, capital, and services to support pet parents. Our multi-brand and omni-channel approach include our own insurance carrier, insurance brands and partner brands. 

• Principal Architect – Insurance Platform Architecture

  This hands-on Insurance Architect will lead the transformation of IPH’s insurance technology ecosystem across all brands, driving modernization from legacy platforms to Skylark (EIS Suite) and enabling advanced rating and pricing capabilities through Earnix. This transformation positions IPH as the world’s largest pet insurance and pet-health provider, delivering scalable, compliant, and customer-centric solutions.

• Reporting Structure

• • Reports to: Chief Architect (Head of Architecture)

  • Partners with: Business Unit Technology Leader, Core Platform Leader

  • Location: Remote/Hybrid – Chicago preferred - 2 days a week in the office.

• Role Overview

  In close collaboration with business and technology leaders, this role defines and governs enterprise insurance architecture for IPH, ensuring seamless integration of Skylark (EIS) and Earnix into a unified, cloud-native ecosystem. The Insurance Architect will lead multi-phase migration from legacy systems, establish architectural guardrails, and enable automation and AI-driven workflows for policy admin, underwriting, rating, billing, and claims.

  Key Focus Areas

• • Skylark Platform Transformation: Drive adoption of EIS Suite as the core insurance platform across all brands.

  • Rating & Pricing Modernization: Integrate Earnix for dynamic pricing and rating strategies.

  • Legacy-to-Modern Migration: Architect phased migration from legacy policy administration systems to Skylark.

  • Compliance & Governance: Ensure SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and NAIC compliance across all insurance workflows.

  • AI Enablement: Collaborate with Calandra Data Platform for fraud detection, predictive analytics, and agentic AI-driven claims automation.

• Key Responsibilities

• • Insurance Platform Architecture (30%)

  • • Define and govern architecture for Skylark (EIS Suite) implementation across multiple brands.

    • Architect multi-tenant configurations supporting brand-specific requirements while maintaining enterprise standards.

    • Ensure scalability for 3× growth in policy volume and operational capacity.

  • Integration & Standards (20%)

  • • Establish API-first and microservices-based integration patterns for policy, billing, and claims workflows.

    • Enable secure partner and payment ecosystem integrations aligned with compliance frameworks. (Stripe, and JPM)

  • Rating & Pricing Architecture (20%)

  • • Integrate Earnix for advanced rating and pricing strategies.

    • Define architecture for dynamic pricing models and real-time rating services.

  • Compliance & Risk Management (15%)

  • • Map insurance workflows to SOC 2, PCI DSS,