Managing Engineer - (Software Development/Container Workloads)

Allstate Insurance; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 193,725; Full time

Job summary

Allstate Insurance is seeking a Managing Engineer (Software Development/Container Workloads) to lead a team and deliver reference architectures and patterns that scale enterprise applications. You will drive technical direction, participate in design and coding, and partner with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to raise engineering standards across the organization.

The role requires deep Java, cloud-native apps, containers, and distributed systems experience, plus strong leadership

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise-scale applications and services.
• 2+ years of technical leadership, team leadership, or people management experience.
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience building distributed applications and services.
• Experience developing cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with container technologies and Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and service integration patterns.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, messaging platforms, or asynchronous processing frameworks.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts including scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence engineering decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Design and deliver reference architectures, sample applications, and reusable implementation patterns.
• Partner with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to address real-world engineering challenges.
• Provide technical leadership for architecture, design reviews, and implementation decisions.
• Promote engineering best practices related to scalability, resilience, security, and maintainability.
• Build understanding of platform dependencies (e.g., caching, messaging, networking, identity, observability)
• Drive adoption of reusable patterns and standards across engineering teams.
• Participate in coding, prototyping, and troubleshooting activities as needed.
• Manage staffing, prioritization, delivery planning, and team performance.
• Influence engineering standards and platform adoption across the organization.

Skills

7+ years software engineering

2+ years technical leadership

Java

Cloud-native applications

Distributed systems

APIs & microservices

Event-driven architectures

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kafka

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 Managing Engineer (Software Development/Container Workloads) leads a team responsible for designing and building reference applications and implementation patterns that promote engineering best practices across the enterprise. These reference implementations demonstrate proven approaches for integrating with core platforms, services, and infrastructure, enabling engineering teams to build secure, scalable, and resilient applications.

This role is both a people leader and a hands-on technical leader, expected to operate as the most senior engineer on the team. The Managing Engineer drives architectural decisions, contributes directly to design and code, and ensures that all reference implementations reflect production-grade standards for performance, reliability, and efficiency.

The Managing Engineer applies expertise in software engineering, distributed systems, and platform integration to produce high-quality, reusable exemplars (e.g., service-to-cache integrations, messaging patterns, service-to-service communication). They ensure these patterns are not only functional but optimized for real-world enterprise scale and operational excellence.

In addition to team leadership responsibilities, this role has broad organizational impact, influencing engineering standards, guiding adoption of best practices, and partnering with platform, infrastructure, and application teams to ensure alignment.

The Allstate internal job title for this position is Software Engineer Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Design and deliver reference architectures, sample applications, and reusable implementation patterns.
• Partner with product, platform, and infrastructure teams to address real-world engineering challenges.
• Provide technical leadership for architecture, design reviews, and implementation decisions.
• Promote engineering best practices related to scalability, resilience, security, and maintainability.
• Build understanding of platform dependencies (e.g., caching, messaging, networking, identity, observability)
• Drive adoption of reusable patterns and standards across engineering teams.
• Participate in coding, prototyping, and troubleshooting activities as needed.
• Manage staffing, prioritization, delivery planning, and team performance.
• Influence engineering standards and platform adoption across the organization.

Essential Qualifications

• 7 years or more of software engineering experience building enterprise-scale applications and services.
• 2 years or more of technical leadership, team leadership, or people management experience. (Or Equivalent)
• Strong proficiency in Java and experience building distributed applications and services.
• Experience developing cloud-native applications in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with container technologies and Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and service integration patterns.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, messaging platforms, or asynchronous processing frameworks.
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts including scalability, resiliency, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence engineering decisions.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise reference architectures, reusable frameworks, or implementation patterns.
• Experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms.
• Experience with Python, Node.js, JavaScript, or React.
• Experience with observability solutions including logging, monitoring, tracing, and performance analysis.
• Experience with caching technologies such as Redis or similar platforms.
• Experience working on platform engineering, developer platform, or internal developer experience initiatives.
• Experience with NoSQL technologies and modern data platform architectures.
• Experience evaluating emerging technologies and establishing engineering best practices.
• Experience supporting highly regulated or large-scale enterprise environments.
• Previous experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams.

Experience

• 7 or more years of experience (Or Equivalent)

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has supervisory duties

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Native, Cloud Platform, Distributed Applications, Distributed Systems, Engineering Practices, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Java (Programming Language), Kubernetes, Microservices Architecture, Microsoft Azure, People Management, Performance Analysis, Performance Optimizations, Software Development, Team Leadership, Technical Leadership, Technical Solutions

Compensation

Compensation offered for this role is 120,000.00 - 193,725.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

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

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.

Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

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.

Allstate provides 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.