Managing Engineer
About The Position
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 Software Engineer Associate Manager puts the system user at the center of everything they do; ensuring that users receive the most value out of the products being developed. The Software Engineer Associate Manager develops test driven code all day and every day. They own and manage running their application in production and is accountable for the success of their digital products through achieving key performance indicators. The Software Engineer Associate Manager selects, leads, counsels, motivates, sets expectations and evaluates small to medium teams. Additionally, they advise direct reports on administrative policies and procedures, risks, issues, problem resolution, and priorities. This person assists in defining, implementing and prioritizing IT policies, procedures, and best practices. The Software Engineer Associate Manager influences team and business results.
Requirements
- 5 or more years of experience (Preferred)
- Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot
- Front-end development experience using React and TypeScript
- Proven full-stack development experience across modern web applications
- Comfortable working in a pair-programming (XP) environment
- Hands-on experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and writing high-quality, testable code
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Python
- Exposure to Generative AI technologies and use cases
- Familiarity with cloud and hybrid environments, including Azure, AWS, and on-prem systems
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Experience using GitHub for version control and collaboration
Responsibilities
- Leads the effort of shaping the architecture and design of the product
- Collaborates on strategy across product portfolios in partnership with product managers, other peers and key stakeholders
- Leads and participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups
- Leads and participates in retrospectives; demonstrating and encouraging each participant to provide feedback with empathy
- Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices and advocates for a strong culture through personal behavior and coaching of all lab roles.
- Leads and participates in knowledge sharing and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the Allstate engineering community
- 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
- Coaches the team and leads daily practices of using paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building products
- Acts as a player coach in leading by example in day to day execution of the build out of technical product capabilities
- Leads and participates in inceptions and iteration planning meetings, infusing backlogs with technical input working in close partnership with the product manager
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
