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Allstate

Agile XP Engineer

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Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.

Job Description

Allstate is looking for software engineers to lead Agile XP development teams in building digital products to support the Agency Relationship Platform.

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You will develop code all day, every day, on a full stack cloud platform leveraging test-driven development and continuous integration/delivery.

Your will work in a highly structured, paired programming environment to enable learning and maximize productivity.

This is a tremendous opportunity to lead the creation of next-generation technologies, capabilities, and products to set us apart from the competition.

About You

You love to code and you are willing to fail fast and iterate to success.

You’re ready to judge your success by the success of your team and the happiness of customers.

You play well with others and have well developed communication skills. This is a paired programming environment so you have to be ready to be part of a team.

You have experience and/or interest in Test Driven Development and Agile methodologies

You have a clear understanding of cloud services, deployment models and distributed systems.

Job Qualifications

  • 5 years of hands on software development experience in an Agile environment using Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • 5 years of hands on front end experience (HTML5, CSS3, Less…) developing responsive designed applications (mobile first mentality)
  • Hands on experience in responsive web front end / single page application development using modular JavaScript
  • Hands on experience in modern JavaScript tools such as Webpack, Babel, ESLint, Gulp, NPM, Bower, Browserify, Grunt
  • Hands on experience with automated testing frameworks such as Jest, Jasmine and Selenium
  • Hands on experience with Spring Boot Frameworks
  • Cloud computing (Cloud Foundry, Azure or AWS)
  • Continuous integration and deployment such as Jenkins, Concourse CI and/or Gradle
  • Source Control Management (preferably Git/GitHub)
  • Hands on experience developing/consuming Web Services (REST, SOAP, JSON), ETL jobs and APIs (Service-oriented architectures)
  • Hands on experience designing applications-in many iterations you will not receive a full spec and will need to feel comfortable thinking things through, filling in the blanks and iterating across sprints as we receive feedback from customer interactions.
  • Hands on experience with Internet of Things is a plus
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands®.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary – but that’s just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, you’ll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life — including a generous paid time off policy.

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Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.

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Job ID: 4b8d8b082bf92a91060df385832c3fd2
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Long-Term Disability
    • Short-Term Disability
    • HSA
    • FSA
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • On-Site Gym
    • Pet Insurance
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Assistance Program
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Pension
    • Financial Counseling
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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