Software Engineer - API (Hybrid or Remote)

Allstate Insurance Company; Belfast; Remote; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insurance firm in Belfast is seeking a Software Engineer - API to design secure APIs and systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance security strategies and support IaaS/PaaS/SaaS applications. The ideal candidate has experience in REST APIs, security concepts, and CI/CD pipelines. Competitive benefits and career growth opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Flexible benefits package

Access to world-class learning platforms

Clear career paths and internal mobility

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ experience with REST APIs and JSON or Spring Boot.
• Minimum 1 year exposure to security concepts such as authentication.
• Familiarity with databases and ability to write SQL queries.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain secure APIs and microservices.
• Develop APIs using test-driven approaches.
• Provide production support ensuring service availability.

Skills

REST APIs

Spring Boot

OAuth2.0

JUnit

Git

Tools

Datadog

AWS

Azure

Job description

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.

Your role in the team

The Software Engineer - API partners in designing and building security solutions that will balance the need for speed and flexibility of the infrastructure and IaaS/PaaS/SaaS applications, with the need to protect Allstate against ongoing and potential security threats. This role needs to have the aptitude to understand new security strategies. You will serve as a key member of IAM (Identity and Access Management) Integration Team as an engineer, working with fellow developers, supporting the security and identity and access management services and helping support junior team members.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain secure APIs, microservices, and systems for IAM and related security functions.
• Develop APIs using test-driven and contract-driven approaches to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Investigate and resolve development and production issues across multiple services and layers of the stack.
• Provide production support on a rotational basis, ensuring service availability and incident resolution.
• Apply solid knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), OOP/SOA principles, and enterprise design patterns.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and security teams to deliver business-aligned solutions.
• Contribute actively to improving engineering standards, tooling, and development processes across the team.
• Prepare systems for AI-driven capabilities and future scalability.
• Support monitoring and observability through tools like Datadog and MS Sentinel SIEM.

Essential Skills:

• All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience with REST APIs and common data formats (JSON, XML) or Spring Boot (AOP, Data, JDBC, Security).
• Minimum 1 year of exposure to security concepts such as authentication, authorization, and secure communication (OAuth2.0, JWT).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and build tools (Maven, Gradle) and Git for version control.
• Familiarity with databases (RDBMS and NoSQL) and ability to write simple to moderate SQL queries.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito).
• Familiarity with Integrating APIs with identity and security systems (Active Directory, SailPoint, CyberArk, HashiCorp Vault).

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Python
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
• Exposure to API gateways (Apigee or similar)
• Exposure to event streaming (Kafka).
• Front-end familiarity (React, Angular, NodeJS)

Why join us?

Allstate NI is proud to be Allstate’s European Digital Centre of Excellence—recent winners of ‘Best Use of Cloud Services’ at the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2024, and recognised for our community and sustainability impact at the 2024 Business in the Community Awards and Gold accreditation for Environmental Responsibility.

We’re a product-driven, cloud-first organisation delivering real outcomes through modern technology, a digital product-centric talent model, and a culture rooted in engineering excellence. Our teams work in cross-functional structures, guided by an outcome-based delivery approach that accelerates speed, agility, and value.

We offer:

• A generous, flexible benefits package including annual leave, healthcare and dental cover, pension, and lifestyle discounts
• Access to world-class learning platforms and award-winning L&D
• Clear career paths, internal mobility, and a strong focus on growth
• A people-first culture with flexible working options

Statement on Fair Employment and Equal Opportunities

Allstate NI wishes to ensure equal opportunity is given to all job applicants. This company will not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender (including gender reassignment status), sexual orientation, religious belief, political opinion, marital status, age or disability.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as women are currently under-represented in our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from women. All appointments will be made on merit.