Intact FC

Principal, Software Engineering - Policy Administration System (PAS) – Personal Lines

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2 months ago
Montréal, CanadaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the target architecture, technical strategy, roadmap, and end-to-end delivery for the modernization of the Policy Administration System.
  • Lead the migration away from legacy systems and integrate the platform with enterprise systems through modern APIs and services.
  • Establish automated testing, deployment practices, observability, scalability, security, performance, monitoring, logging, load testing, and vulnerability management.
  • Embed approved AI models into underwriting, pricing, recommendations, and core enterprise systems in partnership with Intact Lab and Data & AI teams.
  • Drive AI adoption across the product development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, and release processes.
  • Set standards for data controls, secure-by-design engineering, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation.
  • Mentor developers, grow the engineering community, translate business goals into technical roadmaps, and build consensus with business and technology stakeholders.
  • Advise executives, negotiate priorities and timelines, evaluate emerging technologies through proofs of concept, and define metrics for reliability, performance, user satisfaction, and delivery flow.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of software engineering and enterprise architecture experience, including building or modernizing a Policy Administration System or comparable mission-critical system.
  • Deep expertise in system design, integration patterns, data management, and data governance.
  • Deep proficiency in Java, with Spring Boot experience, and modern web front ends; Angular is an asset.
  • Experience with RESTful APIs, microservices, large-scale in-house codebases, and modernization without disrupting delivery.
  • Hands-on experience using AI to accelerate how teams design, build, and ship software, plus demonstrated AI integration in enterprise systems.
  • Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and cloud-native architectures.
  • Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and consensus-building skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or software engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • For candidates located in Quebec, bilingualism is required to regularly interact with English-speaking colleagues across Canada.
  • Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada from the anticipated start date and throughout employment; no Canadian work experience is required.

Benefits

  • Flexible work arrangements and a hybrid work model.
  • Possibility to purchase up to five additional days off per year.
  • Physical and mental wellbeing benefits, including telemedicine and a wellness account.
  • Share plan and other savings opportunities, including an employee share purchase plan with 50% matching of net shares.
  • Defined benefit pension plan with the opportunity for guaranteed income for life.
  • Annual bonus target of 20% of base salary, subject to personal and company performance.
  • Competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for career growth.

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About Intact FC

10,000+ employees

Intact Financial Corporation is a Toronto-based property and casualty insurer providing home, auto, commercial, and specialty coverage to individuals and businesses in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K. It sells through brokers and direct channels (including Intact Insurance and belairdirect) and via Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions for specialty risks. Founded in 1809, Intact is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (IFC) and is Canada’s largest P&C insurer, bolstered by acquisitions such as RSA and OneBeacon.

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