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:

Our team is growing and we are actively looking to hire a Senior Software Developer (Guidewire Digital Portals)!

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

1. Gathering/Analyzing Requirements - 20%

• Evalutes detailed busines, functional, and high- and low-level requriements (e.g. recovery, security, audit, etc.) in partnership with the Product Owner while collaborating on user stories to ensure solutions fully address end-user needs defined in business requirements.
• Translates user-centric software requirements into sustainable working solutions that operate within existing application frameworks.
• Assesses detailed product or system changes and new products in development.
• Participates in Scrum ceremonies to provide input, ensurea clear understanding of epics and user stories; plans sprints and commits to sprint goals by adhering to the definition of done (DoD); identifies improvement opportunities and implements actionable items for subsequent sprints.
• Documents and demonstrates solutions (e.g. systems flow, data usage, work processes, etc.) and investigates problem areas in collaboration with client users and stakeholders.

1. Development, Testing, and Troubleshooting - 55%

• Designs detailed architectural components aligned with high-level solution architecture.
• Develops software solutions using the acceptance criteria of user stories based on information needs (e.g. system flow, data usage, work processes, etc.).
• Develops code for software modules of medium scope and complexity based on high-level architectural design that follows documentation and development and quality standards.
• Follows development practices (e.g. test-driven code (TDD), conducting periodic code reviews, etc.).
• Schedules and executes design/code reviews to provide feedback and recommend solutions to team members.
• Implements new products and applications and iterates existing products in close collaboration with Quality Engineering, Technology Architecture, and other members of the sofwtare development team.
• Follows the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the Agile framework and practices that adhere to legal and regulatory requirements (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), PCI, etc.).
• Participates in and provides feedback for design reviews and retrospectives.
• Participates in product scoping, discovery, and framing by providing technical input and translating desired user features into system designs.
• Evaluates, maintains, and improves the performance of existing software.

1. Release & Change Management and Troubleshooting - 15%

• Participates in incident management, root cause analysis, and problem records resolution in compliance with defined service level agreements (SLAs).
• Acts as the Product team’s representative when attending Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings.
• Assists with continuous improvement (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipelines and practices.
• Creates change tickets to document risk impact, rollbacks, and plan implementation.

1. Practice Maturation - 10%

• Follows secure application development practices aligned with industry and Allstate standards.
• Participates in knowledge sharing to contribute to a wider community of practice.Remains abreast of development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment to recommend solutions aligned with current standards and best practices.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
• Guidewire Certification

BONUS QUALIFICATION:

• Knowledge of microservices and application programming interfaces (APIs) would be assets.
• Knowledge of object-oriented design principles would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of common design patterns, their purpose, and when and how they are applied to commonly encountered design problems would be an asset.
• Experience with automated testing and monitoring approaches and tools is preferred.
  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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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. And one where you can impact the future for the greater good.
You’ll do all this in a flexible environment that embraces connection and belonging. And with the recognition of several inclusivity and diversity awards, we’ve proven that Allstate empowers everyone to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live.

Please refer the Job description for details