Lead Software Engineer - Workday Compensation

Allstate Insurance Co.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 171,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop and monitors

Monthly connectivity stipend

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Lead Engineer to drive Workday Core and Advanced Compensation delivery, configuration, and optimization. You will mentor a team of Product Engineers and partner with Digital Product Managers to align compensation solutions with business goals.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in Workday Compensation, strong leadership, and experience in testing, security, and production support. This role emphasizes delivering business value through technology in a large enterprise setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday experience with Core Compensation and/or Advanced Compensation, Enterprise Interface Builder, reporting, dashboards, and calculated fields.
• Experience leading or mentoring technical teams.
• Strong understanding of compensation administration, salary planning, incentive programs, and Total Rewards processes.
• Experience gathering requirements, designing solutions, testing functionality, and supporting production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, configuration, implementation, and ongoing optimization of Workday Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation, and related technology applications.
• Partner with Digital Product Manager(s) and related Digital Product Teams to prioritize and deliver solutions that align with compensation programs, policies, and business objectives.
• Provide technical input into product strategy, estimation, solution design, and delivery planning.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with Workday best practices, security requirements, and enterprise standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, improve user experience, and increase operational efficiency.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Engineers responsible for Workday Compensation while fostering engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex configuration challenges and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with platform consultants, engineers, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Track and improve key operational, quality, and delivery metrics and overall product health.
• Oversee testing activities, including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.

Skills

Workday Core/Advanced Compensation

Workday EIB

Workday Integration

Leadership / Mentoring

Requirements gathering

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

We are seeking an experienced and strategic Lead Engineer to drive the delivery, support, and continuous enhancement of our Workday Compensation capabilities, including Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation. As a Lead Engineer, you'll serve as both a technical leader and people leader, providing day-to-day coaching, engineering oversight, and strategic direction for the Compensation product portfolio. You'll drive Workday configuration, feature delivery, annual compensation cycle readiness, production support, release management, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring a high-quality employee and manager experience. The ideal candidate combines deep functional expertise in Workday Compensation with strong leadership skills, a product mindset, and a passion for delivering business value through technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design, configuration, implementation, and ongoing optimization of Workday Core Compensation and Advanced Compensation, and related technology applications.
• Partner with Digital Product Manager(s) and related Digital Product Teams to prioritize and deliver solutions that align with compensation programs, policies, and business objectives.
• Provide technical input into product strategy, estimation, solution design, and delivery planning.
• Ensure solutions are aligned with Workday best practices, security requirements, and enterprise standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to simplify processes, improve user experience, and increase operational efficiency.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Engineers responsible for Workday Compensation while fostering engineering best practices.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on complex configuration challenges and platform capabilities.
• Collaborate with platform consultants, engineers, and cross‑functional teams to ensure successful solution delivery.
• Track and improve key operational, quality, and delivery metrics and overall product health.
• Oversee testing activities, including functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of Workday experience with demonstrated expertise in Core Compensation and/or Advanced Compensation, Enterprise Interface Builder, reporting, dashboards, and calculated fields.
• Experience leading or mentoring technical teams.
• Strong understanding of compensation administration, salary planning, incentive programs, and Total Rewards processes.
• Experience gathering requirements, designing solutions, testing functionality, and supporting production environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday certification in Compensation and/or Advanced Compensation.
• Experience supporting large-scale compensation planning cycles in a global enterprise environment.
• Experience with Workday Extend, Orchestrate, or Workday AI capabilities.
• Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or other modern product delivery methodologies.
• Experience leveraging automation, AI-enabled solutions, or workflow optimization within HR technology platforms.
• Experience 5 or more years of experience (Preferred).

Skills

• Software Development
• Workday Compensation
• Workday EIB
• Workday Integration
• Workday Software Compensation

Compensation

• Compensation offered for this role is 100,000.00 - 170,500.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties #LI-TE1

Benefits & Perks

• Allstate offers a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.
• Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.
• When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

Candidate Requirements

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.

EEO/DEI Statement

Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component. It is the Company’s policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee’s ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.

About Allstate

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. It’s easy to search and apply for a new opportunity with Allstate. Simply use the links below to identify the openings that interest you.