Java Backend Developer Senior Consultant

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. 

• →Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and APIs supporting enterprise payment solutions.
• →Participate in Agile ceremonies including iteration planning, standups, and retrospectives, helping drive continuous improvement across the team.
• →Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• →Contribute to the architecture, development, and operation of scalable microservices and distributed systems.
• →Apply engineering best practices including clean code principles, test-driven development, code reviews, and automated testing.
• →Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes that support reliable software delivery.
• →Monitor, troubleshoot, and support applications in production environments.
• →Contribute to the codebase while ensuring adherence to coding standards, security requirements, and engineering best practices.

• 6+ years of software development experience using Java and J2EE technologies, including Spring Boot, Spring Data, Spring IoC, Spring Security, Spring AOP, and related Spring frameworks.
• Experience designing and building RESTful APIs, including API documentation (Swagger/OpenAPI), versioning, service discovery, testing, and microservice architectures.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design principles, software design patterns, and modern software development practices.
• Experience with relational databases, including schema design, indexing strategies, query optimization, and SQL development.
• Experience with automated testing and Test Driven Development (TDD) using frameworks such as JUnit, Selenium, JBehave, or similar tools.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices using tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, Gradle, Maven, or equivalent technologies.
• Experience deploying and operating containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker, or similar platforms.
• Experience developing and supporting production services with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog or equivalent.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or XP environments.

• Experience building and operating high-volume, distributed systems with a focus on reliability, performance, and scalability.
• Experience with messaging and event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar technologies.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, PCF, Azure, or equivalent cloud environments.
• Experience with application security and quality tooling such as SonarQube, Fortify, Contrast, or similar products.
• Exposure to modern front-end technologies such as JavaScript, React, or Angular. While this role is primarily focused on backend engineering, the ability to collaborate across the full stack is a plus.

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.