Transformative Growth Test Engineer (hybrid or remote)

• 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/ Remote GB

   

  Your role in the team

   

  Flight continuously improves software quality for Allstate and is our identity for testing and release management. We are helping build the next generation Insurance Engine for Allstate and have an opportunity at the cutting edge of testing technology.

   

  Your role through a combination of technical knowledge and owning testing will be to ensure quality is built into a new product from the start so that it is seamless, on demand, automated and invisible. The ideal person will have working knowledge of test automation in complex and large environments, be passionate about delivering quality products and had exposure to Services Testing.

   

  The Test Engineer will be part of a product team which will be responsible for creating modular components that will facilitate the creation of new Policy Platforms across Allstate. Using the latest technologies on the foundational core of JAVA, Spring plus Cloud, this product team will be exposed to the forefront of technology challenges and Design Thinking.

   

  We’ll help you to make an impact and expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible, while having fun doing it.  Join a team of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life. We are transferring from project to product focus, proprietary systems to open platforms and from complex to fast, agile and low unit cost.

   

  Our Test Engineers are at the core of this transformation ensuring we deliver:

   

  • Automated Testing
  • Continuous integration and deployment
  • Innovative engineering solutions
  • Automated Test Data and Virtualization
  • Frameworks in support of standard tools
  • Automated release management and governance via dynamic cloud-based infrastructure

   

  We have exciting, technically challenging opportunities to help deliver results and retain Allstate as the largest publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurer in America.

   

  We’ll help you to make an impact and expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible, while having fun doing it.  Join a team of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.

   

  We are looking for individuals with a strong desire to build better products, delight customers and learn and develop with us.

   

  The Test Engineer Consultant will be part of a Systems E2E team and assists with test execution on an agile or waterfall project, focusing on the creation or execution of automated test scripts for medium complexity projects, assists in the development of the test strategy as a quality champion on the team, identifies acceptance criteria, and may define the test conditions when stories or requirements are created.

   

   

  Responsibilities

   

  • Write and maintain automated test scripts for new product
  • Write test cases to test the end to end flows of the system
  • Understand issues related to the test infrastructure and escalate within team
  • Document, analyze and communicate bugs/issues accurately and clearly
  • Work with development and business teams on a daily basis
  • Participate in Scrum Daily Stand-up, Sprint and iterative development activities
  • Participate in Sprint planning, release planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives
  • Ability to work in a very fast paced development organization

   

   

  So, what are the essential criteria to apply?

   

  • All candidates must evidence an existing right to work in the UK
  • 1-2 years’ experience as a test engineer
  • Experience constructing test cases and executing them across functional, regression or system testing 
  • Experience with at least one of the following areas: Java, Groovy, Selenium 
  • Understanding of agile software development and CI/CD pipelines in relation to testing
  • Demonstrable use of at least one Service testing tool: SOAP UI, Ready API, Postman

   

   

   

  We also have some desirable criteria

   

  • Experience in testing using Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Experience in testing using Business Driven Development (BDD)
  • Usage of systems that support Continuous Integration (CI systems) - GitHub, Maven, Jenkins etc
  • Usage of Services testing tools
  • Usage of performance testing tools
  • Static Code Analysis Tools
  • Knowledge and understanding of Web Services in relation to software testing

   

   

  What we offer

   

  As Digital DNA’s Workplace of the Year 2020 & 2022 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 Friday 16^th September 2022