Remote Senior Java Engineering Lead

Allstate Insurance Co.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Connectivity reimbursement

Job summary

Allstate Insurance Co. seeks a Managing Engineer to lead high‑performing software teams building and modernizing enterprise applications for Roadside Services.

This is a hands‑on leadership role that includes active Java coding and technical contribution alongside people leadership. You will set technical strategy, partner with product, architecture, and security, and champion modern practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability) to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in a regulated

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams delivering enterprise applications and services.
• Experience managing or leading software engineers in Agile development environments.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to remain hands-on with coding while leading and developing an engineering team.
• Strong hands-on Java and Spring Boot development experience, including designing, coding, testing, and troubleshooting enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, microservices, distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native application development.
• Experience with relational database technologies.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience supporting applications in production with a focus on reliability, monitoring, and operational excellence.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
• Experience leading technical planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution activities.
• Proven success attracting, developing, mentoring, and retaining engineering talent.
• Experience partnering with Product Management and business stakeholders to deliver customer-focused solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop software engineering teams, providing mentorship, career guidance, and ongoing performance feedback.
• Remain hands-on with Java engineering by contributing production-quality code, reviewing code, troubleshooting complex issues, and supporting technical delivery.
• Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and business leaders to translate strategic goals into technology solutions.
• Guide teams through product discovery, planning, prioritization, and delivery activities within Agile environments.
• Establish and evolve application architectures, technical roadmaps, and engineering standards.
• Drive engineering excellence through modern development practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps, observability, and secure coding.
• Ensure applications are scalable, secure, reliable, and effectively supported in production.
• Remove technical and organizational obstacles, helping teams effectively execute against priorities and commitments.
• Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen delivery, quality, and team effectiveness.
• Foster collaboration across engineering teams to improve consistency, reusability, and organizational alignment.
• Support workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, succession planning, and talent development activities.
• Define and monitor key engineering metrics related to quality, delivery, reliability, and operational performance.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to technology and business stakeholders on software engineering best practices and emerging technologies.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Leadership

Agile

CI/CD

DevOps

Observability

Security

Mentoring

API design

Tools

React

Oracle

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Job description

Allstate Insurance Co. seeks a Managing Engineer to lead high‑performing software teams building and modernizing enterprise applications for Roadside Services.

This is a hands‑on leadership role that includes active Java coding and technical contribution alongside people leadership. You will set technical strategy, partner with product, architecture, and security, and champion modern practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability) to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in a regulated