Product Engineering (Integration Java Developer)

Allstate Insurance Company; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,900 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Arrangements

Employee Discounts

Office Equipment Reimbursement

Student Loan Matching

Retirement Savings Plan

Wellness Allowance

Reflection Day

Tuition Reimbursement

Community Involvement

Job summary

Allstate Canada Group is establishing an Integrations Team to modernize and improve APIs and microservices across our global network. The role focuses on designing and delivering high‑quality RESTful APIs, middleware integration, and secure, scalable solutions within an agile environment.

The candidate will mentor others, participate in design reviews, and drive production readiness through robust documentation, testing, and monitoring. Toronto, Canada, onsite with flexible benefits.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain organizational level APIs and microservices using REST based methods.
• Design, develop, test and deploy using middleware systems (e.g., using integration tools and deployment of JAR on containers).
• Understand technical non‑functional requirements and translate them into an API design.
• Document APIs using ACG standard tools.
• Leverage secure API standards to provide the appropriate level of security.

Skills

Java

Spring

RESTful API Design

TDD

CI/CD

Agile

Logging & Monitoring

SQL

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

IntelliJ

Swagger

Splunk

Job description

Company Overview

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.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do.

Job Description

We are excited to announce the establishment of a new Integrations Team within Allstate Canada (ACG) with a focus on improving and modernizing the state of ACG integrations. We are looking for an experienced Product Engineering (Integration Java Developer) to play a key role within this global team which will comprise members from ACG, Allstate Northern Ireland (ANI), and Allstate India Private Limited (AIPL).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain organizational level APIs and microservices using REST based methods.
• Design, develop, test and deploy using middleware systems (e.g., using integration tools and deployment of JAR on containers).
• Understand technical non‑functional requirements and translate them into an API design.
• Document APIs using ACG standard tools.
• Leverage secure API standards to provide the appropriate level of security.
• Support development, testing and production APIs.
• Use and promote common development tools and practices within the team.
• Provide general support of fully integrated, highly available production integration environments.
• Analyze information systems processes, monitor key performance metrics and create standard performance dashboards/reports.
• As a senior team member, enhance the Integration team’s accomplishments and competence by answering technical and procedural questions, teaching improved processes and providing mentorship for less experienced team members.
• Conduct design and code reviews to ensure consistent adherence to standards and make recommendations where necessary.
• Deliver high‑quality documentation as required.
• Communicate effectively with teammates, business stakeholders and other technology teams.
• Work effectively as part of a distributed team within agile delivery frameworks.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6‑8 years’ experience designing, documenting, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining Web APIs using Java/Spring.
• Solid knowledge of integration design patterns and ability to properly document the design.
• Experience working in Windows or Linux environments.
• Experience with common development tools and practices (e.g., Visual Studio, IntelliJ, JUnit, GitHub, Jenkins).
• Experience with transforming messages (e.g., XML to REST JSON).
• Experience with developing and designing high‑performance APIs.
• Experience with documenting interfaces (e.g., Swagger, interface control documents, non‑functional requirements such as volumetric).
• Working knowledge of RESTful software design practices.
• Working knowledge of RESTful API design and architecture.
• Experience with message transformation, orchestration and batch.
• Experience with API performance management tools.
• Experience working in Agile (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, XP) environments.
• Ability to perform basic database development and query (e.g., SQL).
• Good understanding of CI/CD architecture and its pipeline models.
• Good understanding of CI/CD tools.
• Understanding of logging and monitoring tools and integration (e.g., Splunk, IRIS, DataDog).
• Knowledge of TDD, secure coding practices.
• Demonstrated reliability, professionalism, and accountability in a professional work environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with API Gateway tools such as Datapower would be an asset.
• Experience with API transformation and orchestration tools would be an asset (Talend, Kafka, or Tibco).
• Understanding of microservice architectural approach in designing distributed systems.
• Experience with JavaScript or Python.
• Experience with relational or NoSQL databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server, MongoDB) and in‑memory caching solutions (e.g., Redis, Pivotal Cloud Cache).
• Experience with Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) and related data management services (e.g., MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Prior experience with containers such as PCF and Docker would be an asset.
• Prior experience in migration/modernization projects is an asset.

Skills

• Agile
• CI/CD
• Java
• Java Spring
• RESTful API Design
• Secure Coding
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Web APIs

Compensation

Expected compensation for this role ranges from $80,900.00 – 110,000.00 annually. Actual salary offered to successful candidates will vary based on their skills and experience.

Benefits

• Flexible Work Arrangements
• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)
• Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)
• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans
• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions
• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing
• Personal reflection day
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Working within the community and giving back!

Work Accommodations

Allstate Canada Group has policies and practices that provide workplace accommodations. If you require accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Additional Information

Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact.