Senior IOS Engineer

• Ref: 26/1/SIE 

  About Us

  At Allstate Northern Ireland, we believe it’s more than just a job.  We believe in allowing our people to choose the direction of their careers.  It’s about you, your future and where you want to get to.

  Opportunity is the hallmark of the Allstate career experience.  We invest heavily in our employees, offering long term career development, personal growth and investment in new technologies.  Every day is different, with new ideas, challenges, and rewards — no matter which team you join.

  We believe that inclusive diversity is crucial to creating a culture of mutual respect where the strengths and talents of each individual are recognised.  We like to leave things better than we found them and deliver results.  We do all of this while having fun and exploring personal passions.

  Join our team and you’ll find challenge and reward in a culture of innovation, support and balance.

  Location

  Belfast or Derry/Londonderry 

  Your role in the team

  Founded by The Allstate Corporation in 2016, Arity is a data and analytics company focused on improving transportation. We collect and analyze enormous amounts of data, using predictive analytics to build solutions with a single goal in mind: to make transportation smarter, safer and more useful for everyone.

  At the heart of that mission are the people that work here—the dreamers, doers and difference-makers that call this place home. As part of that team, your work will showcase both your intelligence and your creativity as you tackle real problems and put your talents towards transforming transportation.

  That’s because at Arity, we believe work and life shouldn’t be at odds with one another. After all, we know that your unique qualities give you a unique perspective. We don’t just want you to see yourself here. We want you to be yourself here.

  Engineering Team:

  Our engineers are fueled by a passion to impact the future of mobility. They push the boundaries of telematics and transportation tech by creating and supporting cutting-edge products. As part of an Agile team, they are armed with the freedom to innovate and the opportunity to see projects through from start to finish.

  Using a variety of languages and a top-notch technology stack, our engineers make critical advances in areas like sensor technology, enterprise engineering and platform development. Our team understands what it means to collaborate and communicate in an interconnected global team, all while having trust, transparency and empathy for the end user. Which is pretty cool, if you ask us

  The Role:

  At Arity we are utilizing cutting edge development languages, tools, web services and cloud technologies to deliver amazing capabilities and products. We are searching for talented, technical engineers who can help design and develop our products further.

  A successful candidate will collaborate within the team and across other engineering teams in Arity to implement and deliver features.

  • You will work in an Agile Scrum Methodology
  • You will populate JIRA with backlog items.
  • You will evaluate detailed business, functional, and high-level technical requirements to create User Stories.
  • You will implement technical components, applying reusability and up to date mobile iOS development techniques, languages and best practices. 

   About You:

  • You have a proven ability to work on high priorities initiative with aggressive timelines leveraging an agile scrum framework.
  • You are comfortable performing in a fast paced, dynamic and ambiguous business environment with a willingness to step up and take the initiative.
  • You have demonstrated a product mindset with an ability to set forward thinking and direction.
  • You have excellent listening and communication skills. You must be able to communicate   technical information clearly, across a range of technical and non-technical individuals
  • Good understanding and appreciation of industry trends within the mobile telematics space
  • Good research and analytical skills
  • Good problem-solving skills with a focus on code quality.

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

  • All candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK
  • A minimum of 4 years development experience,
  • A minimum of 2 years in iOS
  • Must clearly demonstrate high level knowledge and experience as an iOS Developer in Swift
  • Knowledge of Apple Best practices and coding standards.
  • Knowledge of Continuous Integration and delivery, for example Jenkins
  • Familiarity and Experience in TDD test driven development.
  • Strong understanding and experience of Agile Scrum principles.
  • Be a team player and partner with the Product Owner and Scrum Master.
  • Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence

  We also have some desirable criteria

  •  Willingness to learn and quickly adopt new technologies that impact telematics development
  •  Experience of Splunk, SiteCatalyst, Amplitude and Airship
  •  Experience writing and maintaining unit tests using XCTest, XCTestUI and OCMock

  What we offer

  As Digital DNA’s Workplace of the Year 2020 winners, we offer a generous benefits package that includes flexible annual leave entitlement, dental and healthcare insurance, an attractive pension package and discounts on gym memberships, public transport and parking.

  Allstate invests heavily in your development, as an employee you will have access to multiple world-class learning platforms and courses from our award-winning in-house Learning & Development team.

  We pride ourselves in providing clear career paths and opportunities for internal mobility allowing you to further develop within the organisation.

  We encourage a better work life balance and you’ll have the opportunity to apply for various flexible working arrangements.

  Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

  Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants.  This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

  We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.

  Applicants should note Allstate NI complete AccessNI background checks on all candidates offered a position.

  The closing date for receipt of applications is Tuesday 2nd February  2021