AI-Powered Legal Tech Engineering Lead

Allstate; Alton (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a highly technical Software Engineering Manager to lead the engineering vision, development, integration, and support of our Legal Technology ecosystem. This hands-on leader will spend ~80% on software development and architecture, and ~20% on coaching and stakeholder management, with a focus on scalable cloud-native designs and enterprise integration.

The role requires deep software engineering expertise, product ownership, and collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Security,

Qualifications

• Hands-on engineering leader with software development focus.
• Strong API design and cloud architecture experience.
• Experience applying Generative AI toTransform legal operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering vision, development, integration and production support for Legal Technology.
• Drive cloud-native architecture, integration and vendor orchestration across enterprise.
• Mentor engineers, plan resources, and manage stakeholders with Legal, Compliance and Security.
• Oversee reliability, security, performance and incident response for platforms.
• Develop AI-powered solutions using Gen AI, LLMs, RAG and related tech.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

REST APIs

Event-driven architectures

Python

Cloud platforms (Azure/AWS)

AI/Generative AI

AGILE / leadership

Job description

Allstate is seeking a highly technical Software Engineering Manager to lead the engineering vision, development, integration, and support of our Legal Technology ecosystem. This hands-on leader will spend ~80% on software development and architecture, and ~20% on coaching and stakeholder management, with a focus on scalable cloud-native designs and enterprise integration.

The role requires deep software engineering expertise, product ownership, and collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Security,