Java Developer - Product Engineering

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

Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to reassure both customers and employees with its “You’re in Good Hands®” promise and is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. To learn more, visit www.allstate.ca. For safety tips and advice, visit www.goodhandsadvice.ca. 

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do. 

Role Designation: Hybrid

Benefits to joining Allstate

• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
• Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
• Personal reflection day
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Working within the community and giving back!

Job description:

We are excited to announce the establishment of a new Integrations Team within Allstate Canada (ACG) with focus on improving and modernizing the state of ACG integrations.

We are looking for an experienced Product Engineering (Integration Java Developer) to play a key role within this global team which will comprise members from ACG, Allstate Northern Ireland (ANI), and Allstate India Private Limited (AIPL).

Accountabilities:

• Design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of organizational level APIs and Microservices using REST based methods
• Design, development, testing and deployment using middleware systems (i.e. using integration tools and deployment of jar on containers)
• Understanding the technical non-functional requirements and translating them into an API design
• API documentation using ACG standard tools
• Leverage secure API standards to provide the appropriate level of security
• Support dev, testing and production APIs
• Use and promote common development tools and practices within the team
• General support of fully integrated, highly available production integration environments
• Analysis of information systems processes, monitoring of key performance metrics and creation of standard performance dashboards/reports
• As a senior team member, enhance the Integration team accomplishments and competence by answering technical and procedural questions, teaching improved processes and providing mentorship for less experienced team members
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure consistent adherence to standards and to make recommendations where necessary
• Delivery of high-quality documentation as required
• Effective communication with teammates, business stakeholders and other technology teams
• Work effectively as part of a distributed team within agile delivery frameworks

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 6-8 years’ experience designing, documenting, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining Web APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Solid knowledge of integration design patterns, and ability to properly document the design
• Experience working in Windows or Linux environments
• Experience with common development tools and practices (e.g. Visual Studio, IntelliJ, JUnit, GitHub, Jenkins)
• Experience with transforming messages (i.e. XML to REST JSON)
• Experience with developing and designing high performance APIs
• Experience with documenting interfaces (i.e. swagger, interface control documents, nonfunctional requirements such as volumetric)
• Working knowledge of RESTful software design practices.
• Working knowledge in RESTful API design and Architecture
• Experience with message transformation, orchestration and batch
• Experience with API performance management tools
• Experience working in Agile (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, XP) environments
• Ability to perform basic database development and query (i.e. SQL)
• Good understanding of CICD architecture and its pipeline models.
• Good understanding of CICD tools
• Should have good understanding of any logging and monitoring tools and its integration (ex. Splunk, IRIS, DataDog, etc.)
• Knowledge on TDD, secure coding practices
• Demonstrated reliability, professionalism, and accountability in a professional work environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bonus qualifications:

• Experience with API Gateway tools such as Datapower would be an asset
• Experience with API transformation and orchestration tools would be an asset (Talend or Kafka or Tibco)
• Understanding microservice architectural approach in designing of distributed systems
• Experience with JavaScript or Python
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB) and in-memory caching solutions (e.g. Redis, Pivotal Cloud Cache)
• Experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) and related data management services (e.g. MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Prior Experience with containers such as PCF and Docker would be an asset
• Prior experience in migration/modernization project is an asset

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Skills

Agile, CI/CD, Java (Programming Language), Java Spring, RESTful API Design, Secure Coding, Spring Boot, Test Driven Development (TDD), Web APIs

Compensation

Expected compensation for this role ranges from $ 80,900.00 - 110,000.00 annually.  Actual salary offered to successful candidates will vary based on their skills and experience.

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.

Allstate Canada Group uses AI technology tools to assist in screening, selecting, assessing, and scheduling interviews with candidates as part of the recruitment process.

This job posting is for a current open role within the organization.