Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Allstate is an insurance company focused on protecting families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties through innovation. The Senior Consultant II implements and owns full-stack software products and backend services, with a software engineering focus on Java/Spring Boot and desirable experience deploying machine learning and Generative AI solutions. The role also contributes to architecture, test-driven development, CI/CD, production support, security, and team leadership.
Responsibilities
- Provides input into the architecture and design of the product; collaborating with the team in solving problems the right way
- Designs, develops, and maintains features across the product platform, including UI, APIs, backend services, and supporting infrastructure
- Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building product
- Expands test coverage and ensures adherence to test-driven development practices
- Participates in executing the strategy, keeping the customer needs and wants in mind
- 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
- Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices
- Reviews deployment readiness through automated and manual verification activities
- Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis during service disruptions
- Provides support for software products in user environments
- Addresses security findings, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements
- Leads and participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups
- Participates in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product
- Participates in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team’s backlog
Skills
- This is a software engineering-first role. Strong Java/Spring Boot development experience is required
- 3 or more years of experience
- Strong proficiency in Java 17+ and Spring Boot 4.x+
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience deploying GenAI and/or machine learning systems into production
- Prior experience building and/or supporting CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent)
- Prior experience working with MongoDB, including schema design, indexing, and performance optimization
- Demonstrated experience supporting production applications, monitoring, and incident response
- Prior experience implementing authentication (OAuth, OIDC, SSO)
- Familiarity with observability platforms, logging, and application monitoring
- Experience building GenAI systems is preferred but not required
- Prior experience using cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus
Benefits
- Fully remote work arrangement
- Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.
- Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
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