Principal Engineer, Developer Experience

Allstate Northern Ireland Limited; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Principal Engineer/Director to lead the Developer Experience program, shaping the technical strategy and promoting secure, scalable development tools and platforms. You will collaborate with engineering teams to reduce friction and boost productivity while guiding AI-assisted development and modern engineering practices.

You will drive a culture of technical excellence, establish enterprise standards, and work across cross-functional teams to deliver impactful changes that

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engineering transformation initiatives.
• Strong collaboration across engineering, product, and business teams.
• Hands-on engineering background with platform/tools leadership.
• Experience influencing enterprise technology standards and vendor roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead vision, strategy, and execution of Developer Experience programs.
• Advocate for engineering communities by gathering feedback and reducing friction.
• Contribute to engineering practices, prototypes, automation, and platform improvements.
• Evaluate and govern developer tools for security, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive AI-assisted development adoption including Copilot and agents.
• Partner with leaders to create a seamless enterprise development experience.
• Drive innovation through experiments and emerging tech assessments.
• Establish metrics and KPIs on productivity, adoption, and excellence.

Skills

Developer-first mindset

Influence strategy

Change leadership

Collaboration

People leadership

Effective communication

Vendor relations

AI-assisted engineering

Software development lifecycle

Senior technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field

Tools

GitHub Copilot

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.

Job Description

The Principal Engineer leads Allstate's Developer Experience organization, driving the technical strategy, adoption, and continuous improvement of the tools, platforms, and capabilities engineers use to build, test, deploy, secure, and operate software. As a hands-on technical leader and advocate for the developer community, this individual partners closely with engineering teams to reduce friction, improve productivity, and enhance the overall development experience.

The Principal Engineer champions modern engineering practices, AI-assisted development, and emerging agentic technologies while leading high-performing teams responsible for delivering scalable, secure, and innovative solutions that enable business outcomes.

As a Director you won't just deliver results - you drive our culture and shared purpose. At Allstate, we value in person connected experiences not just with your team but also other Allstaters. This may require travel within your local area or to one of our offices on a regular basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the vision, technical strategy, and execution of Allstate's Developer Experience program, ensuring engineers have access to modern, secure, and efficient development tools and platforms.
• Serve as a trusted advocate for the engineering community by continuously gathering feedback, understanding developer pain points, and driving improvements that reduce friction and increase productivity.
• Remain actively engaged in software engineering practices, contributing to technical discussions, prototypes, automation initiatives, and platform improvements.
• Evaluate, validate, and govern developer tools, plugins, frameworks, and platform capabilities before enterprise adoption to ensure security, reliability, and scalability.
• Champion the adoption of AI-assisted software development, including GitHub Copilot and emerging agentic engineering capabilities, identifying opportunities to improve developer effectiveness and software quality.
• Partner with engineering leaders, architects, platform teams, and product stakeholders to create a seamless and consistent development experience across the enterprise.
• Drive innovation through experimentation, proof-of-concepts, technical demonstrations, and continuous assessment of emerging technologies.
• Establish metrics and KPIs focused on developer productivity, platform adoption, engineering satisfaction, and operational excellence.
• Build and lead high-performing teams while fostering a culture of technical excellence, learning, innovation, and customer‑centric thinking.
• Influence enterprise‑wide engineering standards, best practices, and technology decisions that enhance the software development lifecycle.
• Lead globally distributed and cross‑functional teams to deliver modern engineering capabilities that enable speed, quality, security, and reliability.

Skills & Capabilities

• Developer-first mindset with a passion for improving the engineering experience.
• Ability to influence technology strategy and drive adoption of new tools and practices across the enterprise.
• Proven change leadership and experience leading engineering transformation initiatives.
• Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills across engineering, product, and business teams.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience and developing high‑performing teams.
• Effective communicator with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business value.
• Experience influencing vendor roadmaps and product strategies to align with evolving business objectives and operational priorities.
• Experience 12+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering organizations, platform engineering teams, or developer experience functions.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience building software and working directly with developer platforms, automation tools, and cloud‑native technologies.
• Experience leveraging GitHub Copilot, AI‑assisted engineering tools, large language models, and emerging agentic development capabilities.
• Strong understanding of the end-to-end software development lifecycle and modern engineering practices.
• Proven ability to influence senior technical leaders and drive adoption of new technologies and engineering practices.
• Experience presenting technical concepts, facilitating demonstrations, and engaging directly with engineering communities.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties.

About Allstate

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. The Allstate Corporation is one of the largest publicly held insurance providers in the United States. Ranked No. 84 in the 2023 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue, The Allstate Corporation owns and operates 18 companies in the United States, Canada, Northern Ireland, and India. Allstate India Private Limited, also known as Allstate India, is a subsidiary of The Allstate Corporation. The India talent center was set up in 2012 and operates under the corporation’s Good Hands promise. As it innovates operations and technology, Allstate India has evolved beyond its technology functions to be the critical strategic business services arm of the corporation. With offices in Bengaluru and Pune, the company offers expertise to the parent organization’s business areas including technology and innovation, accounting and imaging services, policy administration, transformation solution design and support services, transformation of property liability service design, global operations and integration, and training and transition. Learn more about Allstate India here. At Allstate, we work hard to help people live a good life every day. Allstaters are dedicated to serving clients, customers, and communities, which allows employees to find meaning and value in their work. Allstate offers an environment that fosters innovative thinking where you’ll be able to explore your ideas and feel proud of the work you do. Allstate helps protect nearly 16 million households with auto, home, life, and retirement products. We want every professional connected to Allstate to be committed to giving our customers the best and that means finding the best talent. We want you to be our next great addition.