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Senior Agile Developer
Allstate
Tempe, AZ, United States
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Think that working in the insurance field can’t be exciting, rewarding and challenging? Think again. You’ll help us reinvent protection and retirement to improve customers’ lives. We’ll help you make an impact with our training and mentoring offerings. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to expand and apply your skills in ways you never thought possible. And you’ll have fun doing it. Join a company of individuals with hopes, plans and passions, all using and developing our talents for good, at work and in life.
Job Description
Allstate CompoZed developers have some competencies in some of the aspects of software engineering, including testing/QA, front end JavaScript and mobile development, back-end and SQL. Most developers are also skilled in DevOps, including systems administration-style work such as scripting deploys and setting up continuous integration. Pairing developers with other experienced team members ensures training and knowledge transfer is happening as efficiently as possible without risking the quality of the development. This role drives quality delivery through:
• Utilizing Paired programming
• Leveraging Test-Driven Development
• Daily interactions and open communication channels with you and your Product Manager
• Participation in Iteration Planning, Stand-up and Retrospective meetings
Expectations for a CompoZed developer include:
1. Demonstrate technical skills and aptitude needed to meet/exceed delivery velocity expectations as a full stack developer
2. Actively learn different technologies as needed for delivery of stories
3. Adhere to CompoZed practices (for example, pair programming and test-driven development) and hold others accountable for the same
4. Deliver on all phases of development work from initial kick-off, technical setup, application development, and support
5. Embrace approach of making collaborative, fast, local decisions; then course correct as/if needed (test/learn/iterate)
6. Active participation in regular CompoZed meetings (e.g., site standup, product team standup, iteration planning meeting, retrospective, lunch & learns)
7. Actively work to transfer knowledge of Allstate CompoZed practices and technical skills to other people (including delivery areas) to grow adoption
8. Provide meaningful/thoughtful feedback on others as requested
9. Receive constructive criticism and take necessary steps to improve where/when needed
10. If there is bench time, leverage it to work on any assigned projects and/or for self-study to advance technical skills
11. Developed code should promote principles of 12 factor apps, availability, scalability, maintainability and security
12. Maintain positive outlook in handling continuous change and bring a sense of urgency in driving positive change at Allstate (innovation, faster time to market, improved quality)
13. Embrace an organization model that is self-directed / self-managed as a team and as individuals
14. Satisfy all administrative-type requirements such as Prism timesheets, HR timesheets, performance management process, annual compliance, security training, etc.
About You
• You are entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action and leadership in ambiguous situations
• You are passionate about technical topics such as computer languages and frameworks, mobility and Internet of Things.
• You can translate complex user stories into a good technical code and deliver it effectively.
• You’re ready to judge your success by the success of your team and the happiness of your customers.
Job Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
• 2+ years technology development and implementation experience.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies (especially Agile XP), including paired programming and test driven development.
• Java and/or JavaScript coding background including familiarity with the following tools:
◦ Intellij-IDE
◦ Github
◦ Spring Framework
◦ MySQL or MongoDB
Familiarity with the following is a plus:
◦ Jenkins
◦ Gradle
• Undergraduate degree in engineering, computer science or certificate from a computer science programming immersive software engineering program.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.
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