Senior Platform Architect - AI, Data & Security (Hybrid)

Allstate Corporation; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical and dental insurance

Pension scheme

Corporate bonus scheme

Life assurance and income protection

Cycle to work scheme

Two volunteering days per year

Job summary

Allstate NI is seeking a Platform Consultant to shape architecture across AI platforms, data, and tooling, and to drive scalable, secure platform adoption. You will translate operational intent into enterprise-scale designs, ensure interoperability, and lead cross-functional teams to reduce fragmentation while maximizing reuse.

You will bring deep experience in cloud-native microservices, multiple programming paradigms, and modern dev practices, guiding engineering teams toward robust RESTful

Qualifications

• 3+ years architecting and delivering large scale distributed systems (cloud native microservices).
• 4+ years software engineering in 3 paradigms: OO, procedural, functional.
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and modern cloud platforms (AWS/Azure).
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and influence architecture direction.
• Strong Agile/XP, DevOps, TDD, and CI/CD practices.

Responsibilities

• Define architecture patterns, integration standards, and platform APIs across AI, data, and tooling.
• Lead data/AI enablement with high-quality, structured data and governance.
• Design unified tool/platform integration to ensure consistent, AI-ready data.
• Build scalable, reusable platform components and pave roads to adoption.
• Drive build vs. buy vs. integrate decisions with security and governance in mind.
• Collaborate跨 teams (ACP, SD&O, T&P) to align platform strategy.

Skills

Architecture patterns

Cloud platforms

DevOps

Microservices

Java

JavaScript

Go

Rust

Functional programming

F#

Elixir

Clojure

Haskell

RESTful APIs

CI/CD

TDD

Agile XP

Git

Spring Boot

Tools

IntelliJ

VS Code

GitHub

Spring Boot

Job description

Allstate NI is seeking a Platform Consultant to shape architecture across AI platforms, data, and tooling, and to drive scalable, secure platform adoption. You will translate operational intent into enterprise-scale designs, ensure interoperability, and lead cross-functional teams to reduce fragmentation while maximizing reuse.

You will bring deep experience in cloud-native microservices, multiple programming paradigms, and modern dev practices, guiding engineering teams toward robust RESTful