Web Applications Developer (hybrid)

• Title: Web Applications Developer (hybrid)

  Ref: 24/9/WAD

   

  About Us

   

  The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

   

  You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

   

  Allstate operate a very flexible hybrid working policy that will allow you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager with a blend of remote and office working for NI based employees as well as condensed working patterns (4 day week/9 day fortnight). Employees based in GB will be employed on a permanent remote working contract.

   

  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

   

  My Account is a Priority 1 customer facing application providing Allstate customers with the ability to log on and service their Allstate policies online. The application has approximately 5 million customer Logins per month.  It is a service orientated application which interacts with multiple other applications to present the customer with their Allstate information.

   

  The MyAccount team is an Agile scrum team, based almost exclusively in ANI, within the Direct Sales Service & Marketing Technology organisation.  The tech stack comprises an Angular web tier and C# app tier .

   

  It is a very exciting time on the MyAccount team.  We are heavily involved in the current Transformative Growth initiative - both integrating with the new product and building new components for the new Digital Account application. As the MyAccount developer you will be working on both Back and Front end development with an opportunity to learn more skills and directly contribute to the online experience of the Allstate customers

   

  The role requires a highly motivated, customer focused, innovative individual willing to continuously learn and strive for excellence.

   

  • Engage with business & technology stakeholders in ideation & solution creation
  • Provide project estimates
  • Provide technical documentation (Acceptance Criteria, Story Tasking etc)
  • Develop code for internet facing web applications, Angular, C#.NET, CSS and HTML5
  • Create and provide leadership in automated unit and regression testing
  • Troubleshoot and debug technical issues in a variety of application environments
  • Provide Technical leadership and best practice guidance across all platforms
  • Lead a technical Sprint team
  • Create/Write processes for adoption across the team
  • Application development – Proof of Concepts; Development Projects

   

  The ideal person will be able to demonstrate the following competencies:

   

   

   

  • A passion for Internet related front-end technologies in general and a desire to be exposed to development and application design.
  • Working experience with standards based web programming, cross browser development, scripting languages and environments
  • Exposure to Source code management tools and formal software development methodologies
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Good at writing concise, high quality specifications

   

   

  They will also be:

   

  • Quality Driven and willing to step up and take initiative
  • Able to communicate technical information clearly between diverse groups of technical and non-technical individuals
  • Able to work independently and manage own workload
  • Able to troubleshoot and diagnose application and environmental issues.

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK
  • At minimum 4 years IT experience
  • Developer experience designing and implementing business web applications
  • Developer experience in front end design and implementation
  • Experience of the full SDLC (analysis, design, build, stabilization, deployment) building and maintaining web applications
  • Experience of object oriented programming principals and patterns

   

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

   

  • Experience in an Agile team using SCRUM methodology
  • Experience developing and supporting web applications using Microsoft technologies, C#.NET, restful JSON and Soap web services, Typescript.
  • Development experience in Angular or other responsive technology
  • Experience in HTML 5
  • Experience of Github, Grunt, Jenkins
  • Familiarity and experience in React
  • Familiarity and experience in Java
  • Be a team player and partner with the business, delivery areas and customers
  • Willingness to learn and quickly adopt new technology
  • Proven track record of innovation

   

   

  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/3CHq8GD 

   

  The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 8^th October 2021