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Allstate

Senior Software Engineer

Chicago, IL

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Job Description

The Role
Allstate is looking for senior software engineers to lead Agile XP development teams in building digital products to support the Allstate Roadside Services strategy.  Your team will develop code all day, every day, on a full stack cloud platform using pivotal cloud foundry, leveraging test-driven development and continuous integration/delivery.  Your team will work in a highly structured, paired programming environment to enable learning and maximize productivity.  You will partner with Product Managers within Allstate Roadside Services to translate our product strategy into highly functional, modular, and high-performance code.  This is a tremendous opportunity to lead the creation of next-generation technologies, capabilities, and products to set us apart from the competition.  You and your team will be working in our new innovation hub at the Merchandise Mart in downtown Chicago, which will provide the latest in modern equipment, spaces, and tools to help us accomplish this.

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Don’t miss this opportunity to join a team where your innovative thinking and technology skills can help build digital products that will fundamentally change safety on the roadways and the way people interact with their cars.
 

Job Description

About You
• You love to code and you’re 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 your customers.
• You play well with others and have well developed communications skills. This is a paired programming environment so you have to be ready to be part of a team.
• You have experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) and agile methodologies. If you are not interested in truly living in this world, it’s not going to work out.
• You are proficient in several programming languages. You will be pairing with developers and need to be able to understand code well enough to ask/answer good questions.
• You have a clear understanding of cloud services, deployment models and distributed systems.
 

Job Qualifications


• 5-8 years of software development experience (core language: Java) in an Agile environment, preferably using Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Atleast 5 years front end experience (HTML5, CSS3, Less…) developing responsive designed applications (mobile first mentality)
• Strong Unit testing experience
• Experience with enterprise level, high-availability application development required
• Use object-oriented design (OOD) patterns for separation of concerns, code reusability, security and performance
• JavaScript frameworks such as React.Js, Angular and Node.js
• Experience in developing clean, well architected code
• Familiarity with Unix/Linux environments
• Comfortable working from the command-line (Bash, Ksh)
• Experience with Spring Boot Frameworks
• Strong mobile (native apps) experience (Android and/or iOS desired)
• 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)
• Strong database skills preferrable experience using Oracle or SQL Server.
• Data (SQL or similar query language) and data constructs (XML, JSON)
• Experience developing/consuming Web Services (REST, SOAP, JSON), ETL jobs and APIs (Service-oriented architectures)
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies such as functional, SOA and performance testing
• 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
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 


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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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