Software Engineer (ETL/Ab Initio), Remote

The world isn’t standing still, and neither is Allstate. We’re moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers’ evolving needs. That’s why now is an exciting time to join our team. You’ll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

 

You’ll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards – a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

 

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from life’s uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For more than 89 years we’ve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatever’s coming next – to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. We’ve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection.

 

We are the Good Hands. We don’t follow the trends. We set them.

Job Summary:

As a Software Engineer (ETL/Ab Initio) specializing in insurance software development, you will play a key role in the entire software development lifecycle. Your primary focus will be on understanding and integrating data from policy administration systems, communicating with business partners to understand their requirements, developing, supporting and enhancing the existing Agency Pay Concourse applications and ensuring agile practices for outcome-based delivery. You will also be involved in production support activities and investigating production data issues raised by the business partners or from agents. Your expertise will be crucial in developing and maintaining software solutions related to agents' compensation and bonuses in the insurance sector.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Software Development Lifecycle:
   - Lead and participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment and maintenance, including production support. Investigate production issues and communicate resolution with upstream and downstream teams (UNIX and PCF/PaaS environments). Handle deployment activities on UNIX/Ab Initio and PCF/PaaS2.0 environments

2. Agency Pay Administration Systems & Unified Customer View:
   - Design, develop, and optimize Agency Pay Concourse system, ensuring alignment with business strategies and requirement changes as necessary.  Understanding of Policy admin systems and householding within the enterprise Unified Customer View are big plus.

3. Agile Practices:
   - Implement and champion agile methodologies, focusing on outcome-based delivery, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. 

4. Technology Proficiency:
   - Demonstrate proficiency in technologies such as UNIX, Oracle database, SQL, Kafka, and AWS Scality to build robust and secure software solutions. Working knowledge on tools like Postman, Lenses, Splunk, Data Dog and enterprise scheduling tools.

5. Insurance Business Understanding:
   - Possess a deep understanding of the insurance business, particularly related to agents' compensation and bonuses, and translate this knowledge into effective software solutions. A good knowledge of the various lines of business in the insurance industry.

6. Batch and Real-time Applications:
   - Develop both batch and real-time applications, leveraging your experience in Kafka and scheduling tools to ensure timely and efficient processing.

7. Communication Skills:
   - Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and end-users to gather requirements, provide updates, and address inquiries. Document business requirements and communicate in technical terms to dev team.

8. Fast Learner and Team Player:
   - Demonstrate the ability to quickly grasp new technologies, industry trends, and business processes. Collaborate seamlessly within a team environment.

Job Qualifications

- Proven experience in software development with a focus on insurance policy administration systems.
- Expertise in Ab Initio software, UNIX, Oracle database, SQL, Kafka, and AWS Scality.
- In-depth understanding of the insurance business, particularly related to agents' compensation and bonuses.
- Experience with batch and real-time applications, as well as scheduling tools.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
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