Software Engineer - Remote

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.
Job Description
Software Engineer Sr Consultant I implement applications following 12-factor principles to build out the product and iterative enhancements. They own the full stack of software products; developing and implementing frontends (web or mobile), and backend services. They leverage test driven development and continuous integration to ensure agility and quality of products. They actively participate in the decision-making process of the team ensuring that the simplest appropriate technology and design is chosen to meet user needs. Key Responsibilities:
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

Collaborates within the team in designing systems and apps

Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building products

Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices

Support software products in user environments

Participates in knowledge sharing, and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the team

Required Skills:
Strong understanding of Software Development fundamentals and Object-Oriented Design principles

Solid development skills in Java (Spring) or similar OOP languages/frameworks

Strong hands-on experience developing REST APIs including versioning, service discoverer/registration, andtesting

Hands-on experience developing responsive JavaScript (React) or similar UI applications

Solid knowledge of database design, implementation, and optimization techniques on NOSQL databases like MongoDB

Experience with DevOps tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, Gradle, Maven, etc.

Solid understanding of Agile development methodology and delivery environment

Desired Skills:
Familiarity with Apache Kafka (or similar) and Avro is a plus

Familiarity with cloud technologies such as Tanzu (PCF), AWS, or similar is a plus

Familiarity with dynamic and static application security testing (DAST, SAST) is a plus

Familiarity with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Junit (or similar) testing is a plus

Education and Experience:
* 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)
* 2 or more years of experience (Preferred)
* In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Skills
Agile Scrum Development, Digital Literacy, Java, Java Enterprise Edition, Learning Agility, Pair Programming, RESTful APIs, Results-Oriented, Software Development Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is $85,600 - 152,650 annually and is based on experience and qualifications. The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
Joining our team isn't just a job - it's an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.
You'll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we've proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.
Good Hands. Greater Together.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
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