Principal Engineer – X1

We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Engineer to provide technical leadership for the X1 team within Verisk Claims Solutions. The individual will drive architecture, modernization, engineering excellence, scalability, performance optimization, and cross-functional delivery for Xactimate Desktop and related services.

This role requires deep expertise in .NET/C#, desktop application architecture, cloud-native integration patterns, DevOps, and large-scale software engineering practices. The Principal Engineer will partner with Product, Architecture, Engineering Leadership, QA, and global teams across the US and India to shape the technical roadmap and mentor engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Define and drive the technical vision and long-term architecture roadmap.
• Lead architecture reviews and design decisions for complex enterprise applications.
• Establish engineering standards, coding practices, and technical governance.
• Influence strategic technology decisions across multiple teams.

Engineering Excellence

• Drive modernization initiatives across .NET, desktop and service architectures.
• Improve scalability, resiliency, observability, maintainability, and security.
• Champion DevOps, CI/CD automation, testing strategy, and release quality.

Solution Design

• Design scalable, high-performance software solutions.
• Lead system decomposition and integration strategies.
• Drive adoption of reusable frameworks and shared components.

Delivery & Execution

• Provide technical leadership for large programs and critical initiatives.
• Partner with Product Owners and Team Leads to translate business goals into technical solutions.
• Resolve complex production and architecture challenges.

Mentoring & Organizational Impact

• Mentor senior engineers and technical leads.
• Raise overall engineering maturity across teams.
• Support hiring, technical interviews, and talent development.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• Expert-level C# and .NET experience.
• Strong knowledge of:

o Desktop application development (WPF preferred)

o Software architecture and design patterns

o Distributed systems

o REST APIs and microservices

o SQL Server or equivalent databases

o CI/CD and DevOps practices

o AWS cloud services

• Proven experience leading architecture across large systems.

Preferred

• Experience with Xactimate/X1 domain.
• Insurance or Claims industry experience.
• Experience driving modernization programs.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams.