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.
Your role in the team
Allstate Protection Plans (serviced by SquareTrade), is expanding our existing team to support the company's rapidly growing merchant portfolio globally by building and enhancing software in the Claims Payout Product.
APP specializes in extended warranty services for consumer electronics and appliances. The APP Delorean Engineering team is based in Northern Ireland and is playing a critical role in developing capabilities that help drive key financial business processes.
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Our leading-edge agile team in the engineering group is looking for motivated and energetic Software Engineers who are eager to learn and make big changes to these mission critical applications. This is an exciting time to join, as we continue to rapidly expand and look for new ways to improve our architecture and solution offerings to serve the millions of customers around the globe. Your opportunities for achievement are limitless with APP.
We embrace a fast-paced dynamic environment. You'll have the opportunity to work with the engineering leads, product and design teams, as well as other developers and QAs to deliver applications which are scalable, secure, robust and highly performing. We adopt microservices architecture, distributed technologies, latest frontend frameworks and sophisticated monitoring tools.
*Please note we have multiple positions available across different levels
Key Responsibilities
- Actively participate in requirements gathering sessions
- Translate product requirements into technical solutions through design discussions
- Evaluate and recommend technologies, tools or engineering best practices
- Write clean code with plenty of unit and integration tests
- Troubleshoot issues, including those related to performance and scalability
- Support your deliverables in production
- Adopt Agile process
Essential Skills
- All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
- Proficient software development experience
- Proficient and demonstrative experience in developing software applications using Java and Spring framework
- Experienced in REST web services and integration
- Experience with database technologies and SQL
- Experience with web related technologies, such as JavaScript and Angular/REACT
Desirable Skills
- Proficient in unit and integration testing with Junit, Spock and other frameworks
- Experienced in at least one development tool, such as IntelliJ
- Familiar with code versioning tools such as Github
- Familiar with build pipeline such as Jenkins
Supervisory Responsibilities
- This job does not have supervisory duties
Posting End Date: Tuesday 8th October 2024
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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.
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.
Posting End Date:
02 October 2024