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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.\n US - Seattle only:\nThis position is open to candidates in the Seattle, WA area. You will have a hybrid remote/in-office schedule where you will work from our casual, pet-friendly office at least 3 days a week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).\nTrupanion is seeking a Software Architect who is responsible for designing and evolving scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions that power Trupanion's Insurance Platform capabilities. This role serves as a technical leader and trusted partner to engineering, product, and business stakeholders, ensuring technology solutions align with business objectives while delivering exceptional customer and operational outcomes.\nThis is a hands-on architecture role that balances strategic thinking with practical execution. The Software Architect partners closely with Software Development Managers, Principal Engineers, Product Managers, Infrastructure & Cloud, DevOps, development, and business teams to define technical direction, guide implementation, and solve complex business and technology challenges.\nSuccess in this role requires deep technical expertise in modern cloud-native architectures, strong business acumen, the ability to transform existing platforms, and the ability to influence technical decisions while remaining closely connected to implementation, delivery outcomes, and business needs.\nKey Outcomes & Impact\nThe Software Architect will:\nDefine scalable architecture solutions that support Trupanion's Insurance Technology strategy and business goals. \nImprove system reliability, performance, maintainability, operations, and security across insurance platforms through influence and direct contribution. \nAccelerate delivery by providing clear architectural guidance, reusable patterns, and technical leadership. \nLeverage AI to both improve time-to-market and quality of software overall. Be an evangelist for effective and secure use of AI to improve business outcomes. \nReduce technical debt through thoughtful modernization and architectural evolution. \nEnsure technology investments to maximize business value through a strong preference for buy vs. build, integrating, and extending proven solutions before building custom software. \nEnable engineering teams to move faster through pragmatic and actionable architecture decisions. \nCore Responsibilities:\nSolution & Platform Architecture\nDesign architecture solutions that support policy administration, billing, claims processing, payments, customer servicing, underwriting, and partner integrations. \nDefine system interactions, integration patterns, data flows, and service boundaries. \nCreate and maintain architecture artifacts including solution designs, sequence diagrams, data models, and technical roadmaps. \nEnsure solutions align with established technology standards and architectural principles. \nDesign highly 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Our new hire grants vest over 4 years. \nBenefits and Perks:\nFull medical, dental, and vision benefits at no cost to the employee\nFour weeks of paid time off and 9 paid float holidays (you can decide which days are most important to you!)\nFive-week sabbatical after five years of employment\nOpen, casual, pet-friendly, and fun office environment\nFree medical health insurance for your pet (1 dog or cat)\nPaid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations\nSeattle Office Amenities: Free on-site gym, free dog walking services for office pets during business hours, free parking, and paid ORCA cards.\nFor more information about Trupanion, visit https://trupanion.com/about\nLearn more about how Trupanion has revolutionized our industry and the reimbursement model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdWZ4KHiPTQ\nTrupanion is an equal-opportunity employer and embraces diversity. 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