Senior AI Software Engineer

Allstate Foundation; Illinois; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Allstate Foundation is seeking an AI Software Engineer to design, develop and support secure enterprise AI-powered applications. You will work across backend services, cloud-native architectures, and AI engineering to deliver scalable, reliable solutions that address complex business challenges.

The role emphasizes practical experience with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and Agentic AI frameworks, while maintaining governance, privacy, and

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using modern frameworks.
• Integrate and deploy Generative AI models (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain) and ensure governance, privacy, and security.

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

About Law & Regulations

Law & Regulations delivers expert legal services that protect Allstate and its customers while ensuring compliance with evolving regulatory and ethical standards. We provide comprehensive support across claims litigation, complex corporate transactions, and enterprise-wide compliance programs, enabling the business to confidently navigate today's legal landscape.
By leveraging innovative legal strategies, modern technology, and emerging AI capabilities, we promote seamless collaboration, proactive risk management, intelligent decision-making, and effective problem solving across the organization. We demonstrate our core values through integrity, accountability, collaboration, and excellence. We are trusted legal advisors who place the needs of our customers and business partners at the heart of everything we do. We value each other, seek feedback, and take meaningful action to continuously improve.
As our legal technology ecosystem evolves, we embrace Generative AI, intelligent automation, and data-driven innovation to enhance operational efficiency, knowledge management, and service delivery while maintaining the highest standards of governance, security, privacy, and responsible AI.
Our collective success is enabled by collaboration across all areas of responsibility within Allstate and by upholding the legal and ethical foundation that drives business performance.

What We Deliver

Exceptional Legal Support: Expert counsel and representation that safeguard Allstate's interests and support our customers.
Compliance & Ethical Governance: Oversight of enterprise-wide privacy, regulatory compliance, and ethics programs.
Innovative Legal Operations: Use of agile processes, Generative AI, and modern technologies to enhance operational efficiency, knowledge discovery, and service delivery.

Job Summary

The AI Software Engineer designs, develops, deploys, and supports secure AI-powered enterprise applications, intelligent automation solutions, and system integrations that enable critical business operations. Working across backend services, frontend experiences, cloud-native architectures, and AI engineering, this role delivers scalable, reliable solutions to complex business challenges.
The ideal candidate combines software engineering expertise with hands‑on experience in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic AI frameworks, and cloud-native technologies. This role includes ownership of technical solutions, participation in architectural discussions, and collaboration with business, legal, and technology teams to deliver innovative AI‑driven products while adhering to governance, compliance, privacy, and security standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using modern frameworks (e.g., Java Spring Boot, Node.js, or Python FastAPI).
• Integrate and deploy Generative AI models (e.g.,OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain)