Application Developer

• Title: Application Developer

  Ref: 30/4/AD

   

  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/Derry/Londonderry/Strabane

   

  Your role in the team

   

  Allstate’s strategy continues to put a growing focus on data and technology as we continue our digital transformation journey.  This has created numerous opportunities in the technology organization to find work that is meaningful to you as we build innovative products.

   

  Our Unified Consumer View Technology Solutions (UCV-TS) team is responsible for delivering new functionality to support the Consumer Data platform and providing a 360 view of customer information across all channels. UCV is integral to the Transformative Growth initiative as the enterprise responds to a shift in customer demand from the traditional methods of conducting business and buying products.

   

  We have a great opportunity for an Application Developer to join our Customer Data Quality team. This team is responsible for ensuring that the UCV data is maintained at a high level by identifying potential data quality issues and addressing them with bespoke solutions. The team is also responsible for the development and maintenance of the Customer Data Workstation (CDW) which is an internally developed application which provides users the ability to search and maintain UCV data.

   

  • Participate in the analysis of UCV’s consumer data to identify any potential data quality issues
  • Enthusiastically design, develop and test production-ready solutions to address any data quality issues identified
  • Implement changes to the CDW application to introduce improvements that result in an improved workflow for the users, add additional consumer data elements to the app or ensure that the app remains compliant with security, enterprise or architectural directives
  • Provide support to the CDW user base and handle any code fixes that are identified through the team’s incident management and problem management process.
  • Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and other parts of dynamic Agile development.
  • Supports Innovation; regularly provides new ideas to help people, process, and technology that interact with analytic ecosystem.

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK
  • A minimum of 2 years commerical IT experience
  • A minimum of 1 years’ experience developing applications using C# .Net
  • A minimum of years’ experience using SQL including writing some complex queries

   

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

  • Prior experience with Java development
  • Good communication skills especially on technical topics.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced and focused team, preferably within an Agile delivery model.
  • Experience in in performing descriptive, prescriptive, or predictive analytics on large scale data.
  • Experience working with deeply nested data structures.
  • Understanding of relational databases and database structures preferably ORACLE/MONGO

   

   

   

  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.

   

  Apply here: https://bit.ly/3aOLwyo 

   

  The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 14^th May