Principle Software Engineer (hybrid)

• 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

   

   

  As part of Allstate Northern Ireland's future growth plans, we are excited to offer this opportunity to talented individuals looking for a new challenge within ourTransformative Growth space. 

   

  In this role, the Principle Software Engineer serves as a member of a product team. The role requires the successful candidates to practice and be the champion of Agile delivery utilizing Continuous Integration & Deployment practices.

   

  This is a great opportunity to join Allstate's Product Management Ecosystem (PME) team and work on technology critical to our core growth initiatives.

   

  Principle Software Engineers develop applications following 12-factor principles to build out products through continual enhancements using a full stack of software products; developing and implementing frontends (web or mobile), and backend services. 

   

  In the role you will leverage test driven development, CI/CD, and Allstate developed tools and frameworks to ensure of the timely delivery of high-quality products.

   

  The Principle Software Engineer will actively participate in the decision-making process of the team ensuring that the most appropriate technology and relevant design is chosen to meet user needs with maintainability and reusability, while working with other team members, creating an environment of continuous learning, and constantly challenging and stretching the knowledge of the team.

   

   

   

  • Possess the technical capabilities get up to speed quickly on enterprise software frameworks and quickly gain the necessary technical working environment with minimal supervision
  • Evaluate and make recommendations on all technical aspects of the software delivery lifecycle to achieve the desired delivery velocity with high quality outcomes in a self-directed and self-managed manner
  • Adhere to and promote principles of 12 factor apps, including key areas of concern such as availability, scalability, maintainability and security
  • Drive and own all phases of software engineering work from inception and throughout the CI/CD lifecycle
  • Accountable for making sound technical decisions across multiple problem dimensions and be able to articulate the decision throughout the evaluation process
  • Recognize, evolve and adapt technical approaches to problem solving as the business and computing landscape changes
  • Maintain positive outlook in handling continuous change and bring a sense of urgency in driving positive change at Allstate   
  • Participates in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team’s backlog
  • Participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups
  • Participates in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product
  • Participate in executing the strategy, keeping the customer needs and wants in mind

   

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK'
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience of developing and implementing systems at scale
  • 3+ years of Java development experience
  • Familiar with the following: Spring, Cloud, React, Mongo DB
  • Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) such as Jenkins
  • Source Control Management: Git/GitHub
  • Strong understanding and effective implementation experience of design patterns, data structures, data persistence, software and object-oriented design principles
  • Experience and knowledge in developing REST APIs including tooling for documentation (swagger, REST-docs, openapi spec), versioning, service discovery/registration, testing and management; experience using API gateways a plus
  • Possess understanding and experience on approaches and tools for automated testing and monitoring
  • Solid understanding on agile development fundamentals along with key development and productivity tools associated with this methodology

   

   

   

   

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

   

   

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Willingness to further develop technical skills
  • Ability to work well with people at all levels, empowering collaboration globally
  • Self-motivated and can work well under pressure

   

   

  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.

   

   

   

   

  Apply Here: https://bit.ly/3wYRQ04 

   

   

   

  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 Thursday 25th November 2021