Software Engineer Lead Consultant

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

The Software Engineer Lead Consultant architects and designs their digital products using modern tools, technologies, frameworks, and systems. They apply a systematic application of scientific and technological knowledge, methods, and experience to the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software. They own and manage running their application in production, and ultimately becomes accountable for the success of their digital products through achieving KPIs.

Key Responsibilities

•     Work in a self-directed and self-managed manner
•     Learn the business domain and produce holistic solutions to business problems
•     Drive critical phases of Software Engineering work from inception and throughout the CI/CD lifecycle
•     Promote principles of key areas of concern such as availability, scalability, maintainability, and security
•     Challenge approaches, make reasonable compromises, and recommend solutions to address shortcomings
•     Actively engage in team ceremonies including Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, and Retrospective
•     Actively participate in the effort defining development best practices, participate in design/code reviews and process improvements
•     Ability to break down business problems into solvable components to recommend solutions
•     Ability to plan and prioritize requirements
•     Setting up and leading development team
•     Communicates effectively to ensure high quality and timely completion of projects.
•     Good interpersonal, verbal, listening and written communication skills
  
  

Primary Skills

•    Hands-on programming experience in Java development, Java Core and Collections
•     Spring Framework - Spring Boot, Spring REST, Spring Web, Spring ORM, JPA and Hibernate 
•     Hands-on programming experience on React JS + Redux
•     Hands-on experience with SQL
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience with cloud technology
•     Working knowledge of backend database integration
•     Experience in Design and Implementing REST Services
•     Exposure to test driven development and writing JUnits, Integration Tests
•     Source Control Management (preferably Git/GitHub)
•     Application Support experience
•     Experience working with DevOps tools such as Gradle and Jenkins
•     Proven ability to quickly evaluate and learn unfamiliar processes and tools
•     Solid understanding of Agile development principles
  
  

Education

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)
  
  

Experience

• 10-12 years of experience (Preferred)
  
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job does not have supervisory duties.
  
  

Education & Experience (in lieu)

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
  
  

Skills

Compensation

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

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. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.

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