Software Engineer Senior Consultant II -

at  Allstate

National General is a part of The Allstate Corporation, which means we have the same innovative drive that keeps us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. We offer home, auto and accident and health insurance, as well as other specialty niche insurance products, through a large network of independent insurance agents, as well as directly to consumers.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Software Engineer Senior Consultant II implements applications following 12-factor principles to build out the product and iterative enhancements. They own the full stack of software products, developing and implementing frontends (web or mobile), and backend services. They leverage test driven development and continuous integration to ensure agility and quality of products. They actively participate in the decision-making process of the team ensuring that the simplest appropriate technology and design is chosen to meet user needs.

EDUCATION

• 4 year Bachelors Degree (Preferred).

EXPERIENCE

• 3 or more years of experience in ASP.net, C#.net, ADO.net, HTML, XML, JSON, JAVA script, SQL Server, MS-IIS.
  12+ months experience in Lender Placed Insurance Tracking and Loss Draft business services, associated processes, systems knowledge, and hands-on application development experience.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (IN LIEU)

• In lieu of the above education requirements, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices.
• Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building product.
• Provides input into the architecture and design of the product; collaborating with the team in solving problems the right way.
• Serves as an expert on a specific business domain and demonstrates leadership and accountability on at least one technology stack.
• Coaches more junior team members around different technologies and XP practices.
• Provides support for software products in user environments.
• Participates in executing the strategy, keeping the customer needs and wants in mind.
• Participates in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product.
• Leads and participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups.
• Participates in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team’s backlog.