Accelerant
Product Area Lead Architect (EU, UK, US)
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United Kingdom only
Employer listed it 2h ago · Added today
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Salary
Not stated
Location
United Kingdom only
Timezone
GMT
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Software
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Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United Kingdom. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "UK Remote"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Residency required in United Kingdom
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
About Accelerant
Accelerant is a data-driven risk exchange connecting underwriters of specialty insurance risk with risk capital providers. Accelerant was founded in 2018 by a group of longtime insurance industry executives and technology experts who shared a vision of rebuilding the way risk is exchanged – so that it works better, for everyone. The Accelerant risk exchange does business across more than 20 different countries and 250 specialty products, and we are proud that our insurers have been awarded an AM Best A- (Excellent) rating. For more information, please visit www.accelerant.ai .
Location: Remote
Department: Product & Technology
Reports to: Director of Engineering
Product Area: Insights, Analytics & Workflows
Job Description
Accelerant is seeking a Product Area Lead Architect to provide hands on, operational architectural leadership for our Insights, Analytics & Workflows product area. This role operates at a Principal level , influencing architecture and execution across multiple autonomous product teams. You will work closely with team architects, engineering managers, product managers, and Data Science teams to ensure teams move fast without fragmenting the architecture .
This is not an ivory tower architecture role. It is highly collaborative, pragmatic, and operational, focused on identifying architectural gaps, managing dependencies, and enabling teams to execute confidently within a shared architectural framework. You will champion standards based architecture, leveraging web standards, open protocols, and industry conventions to build interoperable, accessible, and future proof systems.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Architectural Leadership
Ensure architectural alignment across product teams, partnering closely with team architects and engineering managers
Proactively identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and quality risks; drive resolution through collaboration and influence
Manage cross team technical dependencies to enable independent, parallel execution
Translate architectural strategy into clear, actionable guidance that teams can apply sprint by sprint
Cross Team Coordination & Alignment
Facilitate architectural discussions and resolve technical conflicts across teams through principled, pragmatic decision making
Act as an escalation point for complex cross team technical challenges
Ensure architectural decisions are clearly communicated, understood, and consistently applied
Design and Innovation
Define and maintain architectural patterns across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and front end systems
Design scalable, resilient systems for analytics, workflow orchestration, and intelligence features
Guide decomposition of legacy systems into well defined services and domains
Evaluate technologies and data stores, favoring open standards and long term maintainability
Requirements
- ·Full Stack SaaS Architecture:
- ·Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and Node.js
- ·Deep knowledge of web platform fundamentals and browser native capabilities
- ·Experience designing and evolving well structured APIs for platform integrations
- ·Architectural & Systems Thinking:
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Accelerant, mentioning your remote working experience and working hours (GMT).
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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