Application Developer Consultant II

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 Application Developer Consultant II develops code for intermediate modules, participates in design reviews, conducts code reviews, creates test plans and participates in testing reviews, and resolves moderate defects. The Consultant II designs, documents, reviews, and maintains components of software solutions for intermediate projects. Under limited supervision, the Application Developer Consultant II, works closely with business partners and Project Mangers to identify needs and design technology solutions to: increase operational efficiency, reduce compliance risks and/or advance strategic initiatives. Their work can vary from tactical solutions that need to be delivered within a few days, to a strategic project that may shape how a business unit will operate far into the future. They may be responsible for all phases or portions of the development cycle beginning with: concept modeling and requirements gathering, to release and ongoing user support.

Education

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred)

Experience

• 2 or more 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.

Job Title – Product Engineer(Guidewire BillingCenter Configuration)

Allstate Canada, Financials, have moved to the ATS model and have an opportunity to support our Transformative Growth plans. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growth area that will help to expand your skill base and give you the opportunity to grow and develop in a new platform.

Accountable for leading a team of engineers in the Guidewire BillingCenter Digital Product team in the Canadian ‘Financials’ product family. The successful candidate will help drive the deliverables of the project as well as the harmonization of team needs and capability with delivery requirements and other stakeholders within the delivery ecosystem across multiple functional areas/vendors.

There will also be an opportunity to work closely with the other four Digital Product teams in Financials as a Product family.

Accountabilities:

• The Product Engineer takes care of the Guidewire BillingCenter team by troubleshooting and resolving any degradation of service, application validations on weekdays (sometimes on weekends) and involvement in Major and minor releases along with DR (Disaster Recovery) activity. Will participate in identifying, designing and building of application improvements. 
• The consultant will design and build on product roadmap, production defect fixes, general lifecycle management activities and work closely with peers to ensure the performance, availability, and stability of the application suites.
• Participate in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team’s backlog
• Participate in scrum ceremonies and lead the team with full enthusiasm.
• Provide input into the architecture and design of the product; collaborating with the team in solving problems the right way

• Conducted analysis and coding for UI and middleware components.

• Implement code refactoring for enhanced reusability and performance.

• Participate in code reviews, testing(unit, Integration, performance)
• Participate in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product
• Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle, including planning, development, requirements management, quality assurance, and release management
• Serve as an expert on a specific business domain and demonstrates leadership and accountability on at least one technology stack
• Establish continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices
• Build, manage the integration of new applications in accordance to Allstate standards and governance
• Participate in knowledge sharing, and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the team
• Build relationships with members of multiple Engineering, Development, Operations, and Architecture organizations
• Proactively investigate and participate in discussions regarding new technologies and their impact
• Create and maintain technology and application documentation for use by peers
• Provides detailed metrics to Team lead/Manager in a timely manner
• Support Quality Control (QC) personnel with functional tests when necessary
• Communicating with integrating applications and business users for issue resolution
• Help troubleshooting Data integration issues and ensuring timely resolution

Qualifications:

• Guidewire Certified to a minimum of Guidewire Specialist Configuration Developer.
• 5 or more years’ experience in an Integrations Engineering role
• Strong knowledge with SDLC, Agile and/or other recognized software development and project management methodologies, with.
• Technical Experience with Guidewire BillingCenter systems
• Technical Experience with system integrations, Guidewire Gosu, Integration Gateway Apps , Guidewire Upgrades and Guidewire Cloud Ski updates to align with evolving business needs.
• Knowledge in developing custom plug-ins, batches, messaging, and web services.
• Technical understanding of Billing processing and associated data flows
• Experience in Batch monitoring and setting up alerts using Datadog
• Experience with Agile software development processes with a strong emphasis on test driven development
• Strong development techniques, such as debugging, testing (Unit, Integration and Contract), Behavior Driven Development, Test Driven Development, coding, use of productivity tools (GIT, JIRA, Confluence, TeamCity, Bitbucket etc.)
• Familiarity with revision control systems Git /GitHub 
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and experience in tools such as JIRA, SONAR etc
• Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to learn rapidly
• Must be able to adapt to a dynamic environment, make quick decisions under pressure
• Must be proactive, results-oriented, customer-focused, and attentive to details
• Strong organizational skills, excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skill
• Ability to evaluate design trade-offs and document choices effectively
• Nice to have integrations knowledge

Primary Skills

Application Development, Code Reviews, Design Documents, Technical Requirements, Test Planning

Shift Time

Recruiter Info

Sunita M

maabd@allstate.com

About Allstate

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.

The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held insurance providers in the United States. Ranked No. 84 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, The Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies in the United States, Canada, Northern Ireland, and India. Allstate India Private Limited, also known as Allstate India, is a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. The India talent center was set up in 2012 and operates under the corporation's Good Hands promise. As it innovates operations and technology, Allstate India has evolved beyond its technology functions to be the critical strategic business services arm of the corporation. With offices in Bengaluru and Pune, the company offers expertise to the parent organization’s business areas including technology and innovation, accounting and imaging services, policy administration, transformation solution design and support services, transformation of property liability service design, global operations and integration, and training and transition.

Learn more about Allstate India here.