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.
Your role in the team
As part of Allstate’s future growth plans, we are excited to offer this opportunity to talented individuals looking for a new challenge.In this role, the Engineer serves as a member of the new Allstate Representative Placement Service (ARPS) product team in the PLT area. The team is tasked with creating a new PAAS-based Service for Agent assignments for ASC policies while supporting any Classic policies until migration is complete. The ARPS Service will be a modern Java / Spring Boot / PAAS hosted version of the existing Windows based Agent Assignment Service in production today. The role requires the successful candidates to practice and be the champion of Outcome Based Delivery utilizing Continuous Integration & Deployment practices.
The Engineer develops applications following 12-factor principles to build out products through continual enhancements using a full stack of software products. In the role you will leverage test driven development, CI/CD, and Allstate developed tools and frameworks to ensure the timely delivery of the new ARPS Product. The Engineer will actively participate in the decision-making process of the Product Teams helping ensure that the most appropriate technology and relevant design is chosen to meet user needs with maintainability and reusability, while working with other team members to create an environment of continuous learning, and constantly challenging and stretching the knowledge of the team.
Key responsibilities:
Participates in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team’s backlog.
Understands and can implement secure coding practices within products.
Participate in executing the strategy, keeping the customer needs and wants in mind.
Collaborates within the team in designing systems and apps.
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.
Support software products in user environments.
Participates in knowledge sharing, and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the team.
Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building products.
Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices.
Essential Skills:
All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
A minimum of 3+ years of working with Java and Spring Boot.
Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for distributed applications.
Experience applying Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices and using testing frameworks such as JUnit, Mockito, or equivalent testing technologies.
Experience working within Agile product teams and contributing to technical design and architecture discussions.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to deliver scalable and maintainable solutions.
Desirable Skills:
Experience developing applications using C#.
Experience with backend system design and implementation, including: - Oracle - MongoDB - SQL databases
Experience developing and consuming APIs and working with LDS/MFE solutions.
Experience deploying and supporting applications hosted on AWS.
Experience working with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments.
Ability to work effectively across organizational, geographical, and cross-functional boundaries.
Experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This role does not have supervisory duties.
Posting date: Monday 17th August 2026 [11.59pm]
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Why join us?
Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate’s European Digital Centre of Excellence, a hub for innovation and engineering excellence. We’re recent winners of Best Place to Work in IT (100+ employees) and Best Use of Cloud Services at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards, and we’ve been recognised for our community and sustainability impact with Platinum in the Northern Ireland Environmental Benchmarking Survey.
We’re a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.
We also invest in you. At Allstate NI, your career growth matters. You’ll have access to our Continuous Learning Hub, designed to support skills development and professional advancement through tailored learning paths, certifications, and mentoring opportunities. Whether you’re deepening technical expertise or exploring leadership roles, we provide the tools and support to help you thrive.
What do you get in return?
As well as receiving a competitive annual salary, our reward package includes:
- Corporate bonus scheme
- Pension scheme
- Annual performance-related pay reviews
- Life assurance and income protection
- Flexible working options
- Hybrid working
- Private medical and dental insurance
- Access to an employee assistance programme
- Discounted gym membership
- Two paid volunteering days each year
- Cycle to work scheme
Be part of a high-performing, socially responsible organisation where your work has purpose, and your growth is supported every step of the way.
Skills Required
- Legal right to work in the UK; employer does not provide visa sponsorship
- Minimum 3+ years working with Java and Spring Boot
- Designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CD pipelines for distributed applications
- Applying Test-Driven Development (TDD) and using testing frameworks such as JUnit or Mockito
- Experience working within Agile product teams and contributing to technical design and architecture
- Understanding and ability to implement secure coding practices
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills to deliver scalable, maintainable solutions
- Experience developing applications using C#
- Experience with backend databases: Oracle, MongoDB, SQL databases
- Experience developing and consuming APIs and working with LDS/MFE solutions
- Experience deploying and supporting applications hosted on AWS
- Experience working with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) environments
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications
Allstate Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Allstate and has not been reviewed or approved by Allstate.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match and a company-funded pension, providing notable long-term value. These features are described as standout components of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is described as generous, with vacation and parental leave available. This breadth of leave supports work-life needs for a range of situations.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible work arrangements include options for in-office, remote, or hybrid work. This flexibility is positioned as a meaningful part of the total rewards experience.
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