Allstate - Software Engineer - Java/Spring Boot

About Allstate :

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. For more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' evolving needs.

Job Description :

The Software Engineer Senior Consultant II implements 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.

Key Responsibilities :

• Provides input into the architecture and design of the product; collaborating with the team in solving problems the right way.
• Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building product.
• Serves as an expert on a specific business domain and demonstrates leadership and accountability on at least one technology stack.
• Coaches more junior team members around different technologies and XP practices.
• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices.

Essential Skills :

• 8+ years of experience in software development, system integration, and delivery, including automation of the software development lifecycle (build, test, release) through CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• 6+ years of experience developing scalable RESTful APIs and implementing event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.
• Strong software development experience with multiple programming languages, preferably Java (Spring Boot) and Python.
• Practical experience working in Agile and eXtreme Programming (XP) environments, including pair programming, collaborative engineering practices, continuous integration, and iterative delivery.

Education :

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred).