Principal Engineer

Allstate•McCullom Lake, IL

3d•$199,000 - $274,000•Remote

About The Position

The Principal Engineer leads enterprise-wide engineered solutions for implementing AI-based controls. The role partners closely with delivery organizations using agentic solutions to ensure appropriate safeguards and controls are in place, and works alongside digital product teams to build products that make control adoption a natural part of delivery. Areas of focus include identifying dangerous combinations of vulnerabilities, automating vulnerability remediation, leveraging open-weight models, monitoring token consumption, building small language models, and recommending suitable models for different use cases. The role must track emerging trends and help shape the organization as agentic AI develops. The job description also characterizes the position as a Principal Software Engineering Director. This director leads discovery and delivery of innovative technical solutions that enable business outcomes in compliance with enterprise target-state architectures. The role has direct leadership over critical technology groups, owns the running of applications in production, and is ultimately accountable for technology and digital-product outcomes, including KPIs. The Director leads a highly matrixed, globally dispersed, outcome-based delivery organization and builds relationships across the organization to support enterprise alignment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (four-year degree) required, or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Deep technical expertise in securing LLMs, generative AI, machine-learning systems, and agentic AI.
Expertise designing and securing AI agents, multi-agent architectures, autonomous workflows, tool/function calling, and orchestration.
Experience applying AI to vulnerability discovery, attack-path analysis, threat detection, prioritization, and remediation.
Experience technically testing AI systems for vulnerabilities and unintended behaviors.
Track record of building, developing, and leading large, high-performing organizations, establishing clear decision rights and accountability, and developing future leaders and succession pipelines.
Strong operational expertise and ability to optimize processes, execute against strategic outcomes, and deliver consistent, high-quality results in complex environments.
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills, including assessing complex business challenges, identifying innovative solutions, and driving continuous improvement.
Advanced business acumen and analytical skills, using data, insights, and technology fluency to inform decisions.
Learning agility and a continuous-improvement mindset.
Ability to influence decision-makers and collaborators at all levels, build alignment, negotiate effectively, and drive outcomes without relying solely on positional authority.
Ability to lead large, multi-location teams through significant change, including business transformations, systems implementations, and organizational integrations.
Skills in executive communications, generative AI, large language models (LLMs), people leadership, and software development.
Submit to a background investigation if offered the position.

Nice To Haves

12 or more years of experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

Lead enterprise-wide engineered solutions for AI-based control implementation.
Partner with delivery organizations using agentic solutions to ensure appropriate safeguards and controls are in place.
Build products alongside delivery teams to integrate control adoption into digital product delivery.
Lead discovery and delivery of technical solutions that enable business outcomes and comply with enterprise target-state architectures.
Direct critical technology groups responsible for strategically important and technically complex areas.
Lead the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software.
Own and manage the running of technology applications in production and be accountable for technology outcomes, including digital-product KPIs.
Advise others on complex engineering matters and propagate software best practices across the broader organization.
Translate business strategy into meaningful goals and lead the evolution of scalable strategic visions.
Manage teams responsible for strategic architecture and other critical business functions.
Achieve organizational financial targets and ensure decisions are financially grounded.
Lead solutioning and technology implementations for enterprise commitments and strategic roadmaps.
Build trusted relationships across technology, product stakeholders, vendors, and partner organizations.
Lead cross-shore product teams delivering modern technology solutions that enable business opportunities or solve problems.
Build, develop, and lead high-performing organizations, establish accountability and operating cadence, and develop future leaders.
Optimize processes, drive execution against strategic outcomes, and lead teams through significant organizational and technology changes.