Managing Engineer, Software Engineering -Remote

Allstate; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Connectivity reimbursement

Home office setup

Job summary

Allstate is seeking a Managing Engineer to architect and drive delivery of complex digital products. You will lead architectural decisions, ensure production readiness, and mentor teams across back-end and front-end disciplines.

You will influence testing strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and cross-team collaboration, while aligning with product managers to meet KPIs and performance goals.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software or product engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Java 17+ and Spring Boot 3.x+.
• Experience with microservices, Kafka, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with cloud/hybrid environments (Azure/AWS).
• Proficient in REST APIs and data-driven UIs.
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines and container tech (Docker/Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Lead and design software products and engineering practices.
• Develop testing strategies and advocate TDD.
• Guide architecture and choose effective tech stacks.
• Own production systems and ensure KPI attainment.
• Collaborate across product teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot 3.x+

JVM & APM

Frontend (React/Angular/TypeScript)

REST APIs & distributed systems

Microservices & Kafka

Cloud & Hybrid (Azure/AWS)

Databases (SQL/NoSQL)

CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes

Monitoring (Datadog)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Job description

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, airbags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.

The Managing Engineer architects and designs their digital products using modern tools, technologies, frameworks, and systems. They apply a systematic application of scientific and technological knowledge, methods, and experience to the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software. They own and manage running their application in production and ultimately becomes accountable for the success of their digital products through achieving KPIs. The Managing Engineer plans, directs, designs, and executes IT-related activities and programs that are of a complex and critical nature. The Managing Engineer selects, leads, counsels, motivates, sets expectations and evaluates medium to large teams. Additionally, they confer with and advise direct reports on administrative policies and procedures, risks, issues, problem resolution, sourcing decisions, budget and priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and participates in knowledge sharing and contribute to the growth of team and organizational engineering practices
• Leads Design, build, and enhance software products
• Leads and participates in Design and implement testing strategies to validate acceptance criteria
• Leads and promotes pair programming practice and test-driven development (TDD) as part of daily engineering work
• Collaborate with the team on system and application design, selecting the simplest and most effective technical solutions
• Leads iteration planning, ensuring a shared understanding of backlog stories and technical requirements
• Leads daily standups, cross-site collaboration, and product team ceremonies
• Collaborate with other digital product teams and clearly communicate technical designs
• Leads and participates in retrospectives, demonstrating and encouraging each participant to provide feedback with empathy
• Serves as the anchor of the team and practices technical leadership; helping guide the team in choosing the right technology, solving technical problems, and resolving any technical conflicts within the team
• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices
• Leads collaboration and strategy alignment across product portfolios (cross-product) in partnership with product managers, other peers and key stakeholders
• Serves as an expert on multiple business domain and a distinguished advocate of multiple technology stacks and shares that knowledge across organizations

Essential Skills

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, product engineering, or similar skill.
• Strong proficiency in Java 17+ and Spring Boot 3.x+
• Strong proficiency in JVM and Application Performance Architecture/Management
• Understanding of frontend engineering – ReactJS/AngularJS/Typescript
• Understanding of building responsive, accessible, data-driven User Experiences
• Strong understanding of REST APIs and distributed systems
• Experience building microservices and event‑driven systems (Kafka preferred)
• Understanding of cloud and hybrid environment(s), including Azure, AWS, and various on‑premises systems
• Experience with relational/NoSQL databases
• Familiarity with schema standards (OpenAPI/JSON/AVSC)
• Practice Test‑Driven Development (TDD)
• Strong understanding of secure development
• Comfortable working in a pair‑programming (XP) environment
• CI/CD experience (Jenkins/GitHub Actions), Docker, Kubernetes
• Leverage Datadog or similar tools for application monitoring and troubleshooting

Desired Skills

• Working knowledge of Python
• Understanding of MongoDB Performance Tuning
• Understanding and ability to leverage, and or build, generative and agentic AI tooling to build solutions

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties.

Skills

Accountability, Accountability, AngularJS, Application Design, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Application Monitoring, Application Performance, Budgeting, Business Software, Collaboration, Communication, Computer Science, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integrations, Design, Docker (Software), Documentations, Engineering Software, GitHub Actions, Give Feedback, Java (Programming Language), JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), Key Performance Indicators (KPI), Kubernetes {+ 18 more}

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.

To help create a more personal and engaging experience, we ask that you join with your camera on if your interview is virtual. Please also have a Valid Photo Identification available at the start of your interview. If you require any accommodations or have questions ahead of your interview please reach out to your recruiter.

Note: Internal candidates are only asked to join on video; a Valid Photo Identification is not needed for the interview.