FBS Enterprise Architecture Director SLDC

FBS – Farmer Business Services is part of Farmers Insurance operations with the purpose of building a global approach to identifying, recruiting, hiring, and retaining top talent. By combining international reach with US expertise, we build diverse and high-performing teams that are equipped to thrive in today’s competitive marketplace.

We believe that the foundation of every successful business lies in having the right people with the right skills. That is where we come in—helping Farmers build a winning team that delivers consistent and sustainable results.

Since we don’t have a local legal entity, we’ve partnered with Capgemini, which acts as the Employer of Record. Capgemini is responsible for managing local payroll and benefits.

What to expect on your journey with us:

• A solid and innovative company with a strong market presence

• A dynamic, diverse, and multicultural work environment

• Leaders with deep market knowledge and strategic vision

• Continuous learning and development

This position will provide Enterprise Architecture leadership for the software development lifecycle (SDLC), focused on modernizing how software is designed, built, and delivered. Its scope includes Architecture-as-Code, SDLC standards and reusable patterns, paved-road pipelines, CI/CD architecture, DevOps and automation, and architectural enablement for AI-powered development practices.

Key Responsibilities

•Lead the transformation of architecture and software engineering practices by embedding AI across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), evolving from AI-assisted development to a fully AI-enabled operating model.

•Drive the integration of Enterprise Architecture, engineering practices, Architecture-as-Code, AI-assisted development, governance, security, and automation into a unified, scalable enterprise capability.

•Establish a technical vision, develop architecture talent, influence engineering organizations, and build alignment across multiple technology disciplines.

•Launch architecture as a seamless part of the development lifecycle by enabling architecture standards, patterns, guardrails, and decisions to be consumable by both engineering teams and AI-powered development tools.

•Define and implement modern architecture governance frameworks that accelerate delivery velocity while maintaining security, risk, compliance, and technology standards.

•Partner closely with engineering leadership to redesign how requirements are analyzed, solutions are architected, controls are validated, and software is delivered in an increasingly automated environment.

•Champion measurable, repeatable, and automated architecture practices that improve decision-making, reduce manual intervention, and increase development efficiency across the enterprise.

•Serve as a strategic thought leader on the future intersection of Enterprise Architecture, AI, and software engineering within a large-scale technology organization.