Software Engineering Manager (Java)

Allstate Insurance Co.; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 174,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Connectivity reimbursement

Home office setup

Job summary

Allstate Insurance Co. is seeking a software engineering leader to guide multiple agile teams building next‑generation backend services for claims operations.

You will drive technical direction, ensure security and reliability, and partner with product and architecture leaders to deliver scalable, containerized applications. The role emphasizes mentoring, performance feedback, and fostering an engineering culture that prioritizes delivery commitments, quality, and operational excellence across

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience leading enterprise- scale teams.
• Experience managing engineers within Agile environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, microservices, APIs, cloud-native apps and DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and people leadership across multiple agile teams.
• Collaborate with product management, architecture, and security to set direction and deliver outcomes.
• Drive engineering best practices, CI/CD, testing, observability, and production reliability.
• Mentor engineers, manage performance, and support workforce planning and hiring.

Skills

Years of experience

Agile leadership

Java & Spring Boot

Cloud & DevOps

Lead engineering teams

Technical planning

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS/Azure

Kafka

RabbitMQ

ActiveMQ

Job description

About Allstate

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

In this role, you will lead a team of software engineers responsible for designing, building, and delivering the next generation of operational claims systems supporting Allstate Dealer Services. This platform is a strategic investment in the future of the business, enabling more efficient operations, faster service delivery, improved customer experiences, and long‑term cost optimization. As an engineering leader, you will provide technical and people leadership to multiple agile teams responsible for the development, implementation, and support of modern backend services and applications. You will partner closely with product management, architecture, engineering leaders, and business stakeholders to establish technical direction, deliver business outcomes, and cultivate a high‑performing engineering culture. This role is accountable for building and developing engineering talent, ensuring operational excellence, driving delivery commitments, and fostering engineering best practices. You will help shape the long‑term technology strategy while creating an environment where teams can innovate, collaborate, and consistently deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Leads and participates in knowledge sharing activities and contributes to the overall growth of the engineering organization through mentoring, coaching, and the promotion of engineering best practices.
• Participates in product discovery, portfolio planning, and strategic planning activities, providing technical leadership and helping translate business objectives into scalable technology solutions.
• Leads, coaches, and develops software engineering teams by providing ongoing performance feedback, career development guidance, and growth opportunities.
• Leads and participates in retrospectives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and constructive feedback.
• Partners with architects and technical leaders to establish and evolve the architecture, design, and technical roadmap of products and platforms supporting claims operations.
• Leads and participates in inception, iteration planning, backlog refinement, and prioritization activities in partnership with Product Managers and business stakeholders.
• Provides leadership and oversight across agile delivery teams, ensuring alignment on priorities, execution plans, and delivery objectives.
• Serves as the technical and organizational leader for the team, helping resolve complex technical challenges, removing delivery impediments, and supporting effective decision‑making.
• Champions engineering excellence through the adoption of modern software development practices, including automated testing, code quality standards, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and DevOps principles.
• Drives operational excellence by ensuring applications are secure, reliable, scalable, and effectively supported in production environments.
• Collaborates with product, engineering, architecture, security, and business leaders to align technology investments with strategic business objectives.
• Leads cross‑functional and cross‑product collaboration efforts to ensure consistency, reusability, and alignment across engineering teams and technology portfolios.
• Supports workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, and talent management activities to build and maintain high‑performing engineering teams.
• Establishes and monitors key engineering metrics related to delivery, quality, reliability, and team health to drive continuous improvement.
• Acts as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, providing thought leadership on modern software engineering practices, cloud platforms, distributed systems, and organizational effectiveness.

Essential Skills

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams delivering enterprise‑scale applications and services.
• Experience managing software engineers within Agile development environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software architecture, microservices, distributed systems, APIs, cloud‑native applications, and DevOps practices.
• Experience delivering solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and related enterprise technologies.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and engineering delivery processes.
• Experience supporting applications in production environments with a focus on reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
• Strong leadership, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading technical planning, estimation, prioritization, and execution activities.
• Proven ability to attract, develop, coach, and retain engineering talent.
• Experience working closely with Product Management and business stakeholders to deliver customer‑focused solutions.

Preferred Skills

• Experience leading teams developing enterprise applications using Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and microservices architectures.
• Experience managing engineers responsible for distributed systems, event‑driven architectures, and high‑volume transactional applications.
• Experience with modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Kubernetes‑based environments.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, including object‑oriented design, domain‑driven design, API‑first development, and secure coding principles.
• Experience establishing and managing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, infrastructure automation, and DevOps practices.
• Experience with messaging and event streaming technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, or similar platforms.
• Experience with modern data technologies, including relational databases, NoSQL databases, and data integration patterns.
• Experience leading application modernization efforts, including monolith‑to‑microservice transformations and cloud migration initiatives.
• Strong understanding of application observability, monitoring, logging, performance tuning, reliability engineering, and production support practices.
• Demonstrated success building and leading Agile engineering teams while balancing technical excellence, delivery commitments, and organizational objectives.
• Experience partnering with Product Management, Architecture, Security, and business stakeholders to define technology roadmaps and deliver strategic business outcomes.
• Experience within claims, insurance, warranty services, financial services, or other highly regulated industries preferred.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory duties. Responsible for managing, coaching, developing, and evaluating software engineering talent. Accountable for hiring, performance management, succession planning, and fostering a high‑performing engineering culture.

Compensation

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

EEO Statement

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. For jobs in San Francisco, click "here" for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For jobs in Los Angeles, click "here" for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. To view the "EEO Know Your Rights" poster click "here". This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. To view the FMLA poster click "here". This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.

Workspace & Remote Details

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.

Company Culture

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.