Job Description
The Product Engineer (Java), Senior Consultant collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and deliver secure, high-quality software solutions.
This role applies agile and extreme programming (XP) practices such as test-driven development, paired programming, and continuous integration to create scalable and maintainable systems.
The position requires strong technical expertise, problem-solving ability, and a collaborative mindset to support business needs while mentoring junior team members.
Job Responsibilities
- Participate in iteration planning meetings to ensure a shared understanding of user stories and team backlog items
- Engage in daily standups (site, cross-site, and product teams) and practice paired programming and test-driven development as part of daily work
- Contribute to retrospectives by identifying opportunities for process or product improvement
- Collaborate in designing systems and applications that meet technical and business requirements
- Establish and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices
- Provide production support for software products in user environments
- Serve as a subject matter expert within a specific business domain, demonstrating leadership and accountability across teams and forums (including ECC and SWAT calls)
- Participate in knowledge sharing and contribute to the overall technical growth of the team
- Coach and mentor junior engineers on software development best practices and XP methodologies
Essential Skills
- 3+ years of experience hands-on experience developing software using Java and J2EE
- 1+ year applying Test Driven Development (TDD) and Extreme Programming (XP) practices within an Agile environment
- Strong understanding of computer science concepts and object-oriented design principles
- Familiarity with continuous integration and DevOps tools such as IntelliJ IDEA, GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, Gradle, or Maven
- Proficiency in testing tools such as Postman, Bruno, or SoapUI
- Experience with quality and security scanning tools such as Sonar, Fortify, or Contrast
- Working knowledge of messaging systems such as Kafka or similar technologies
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, and secure code aligned with industry best practices, which can include debugging and monitoring.
Desired Skills
- Experience developing REST APIs and working with databases (relational, NoSQL, caching)
- Hands-on experience with Spring Boot or similar frameworks
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or other modern cloud environments
Skills
- Accountability
- Agile Environments
- Agile Methodology
- Apache Kafka
- Apache Maven
- Application Development
- Backlogs
- Business
- Business Needs
- Business Requirements
- Cloud Computing
- Code Reviews
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Computer Science
- Conducting Standups
- Continuous Integrations
- Continuous Integration Software
- Cross-Functional Teamwork
- Design
- Design Management
- Design Principles
- DevOps Tools
- Documentations
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 90,700.00 - 153,925.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
Additional Information
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.