Job Description

The world isnt standing still, and neither is Allstate. Were moving quickly, looking across our businesses and brands and taking bold steps to better serve customers evolving needs. Thats why now is an exciting time to join our team. As a leader in a corporation with 83,000 employees and agency force members, youll have a hand in transforming not only Allstate but a dynamic industry. Youll have opportunities to take risks, challenge the status quo and shape the future for the greater good.

Youll do all this in an environment of excellence and the highest ethical standards a place where values such as integrity, inclusive diversity and accountability are paramount. We empower every employee to lead, drive change and give back where they work and live. Our people are our greatest strength, and we work as one team in service of our customers and communities.

Everything we do at Allstate is driven by a shared purpose: to protect people from lifes uncertainties so they can realize their hopes and dreams. For 89 years weve thrived by staying a step ahead of whatevers coming next to give customers peace of mind no matter what changes they face. We acted with conviction to advocate for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws. We help give survivors of domestic violence a voice through financial empowerment. Weve been an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, digital photo claims and, more recently, device and identity protection. We are the Good Hands. We dont follow the trends. We set them.

Job Summary

Are you passionate about creating amazing experiences for developers?

Allstate's Systems Engineering group is focused on creating products for our global developer community by designing and delivering frictionless creator experiences helping product teams move at the speed of ideas.

We're looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our Frameworks product suite. Frameworks allow product teams to quickly build secure Java Spring APIs, React frontends and much more at global scale. Developers go from zero to code in minutes!

As a Systems Engineer Software Engineering Manager you will lead a technical product contributing to developer innovation for the company. This extends from improving the experience of existing products to developing new products with a strategic product vision. The Software Engineer Manager selects, leads, counsels, motivates, sets expectations and evaluates medium to large teams. This person also assists in defining, implementing and prioritizing IT policies, procedures, and best practices. The Software Engineer Manager influences team and business results. This role will require 50% or more of an individual's time dedicated to hands-on software engineering tasks with the remainder of time spent in team management and oversight.

Key Responsibilities

People Management
Builds long-term relationships within team and amongst peers by creating an environment of safety and innovation
o Champions open and honest communication
o Respects confidentiality
o Leads by example with integrity
o Welcomes new ideas, learns from successes and failures
Models and creates an environment of accountability for direct reports and peers
o Establishes vision, direction, and specific objectives for team efforts; allows freedom to accomplish objectives
o Collects staff performance data against desired outcomes and service level agreements

Executes HR-related processes and develops staff through coaching and mentoring and providing specific, timely, open, honest, and constructive performance feedback.
Leads employees and influences peers through change by using one's self as an example.

General Management & Decision Making
Sets and executes team strategy, including objectives, plans and policies for area of responsibility to develop and deliver innovative solutions and systems in support of Enterprise goals. Communicates strategy to the team so they understand their role in achieving the established goals.

Engineering
Participate in product scoping, discovery and framing, and inceptions providing technical input and helps translate user features into system design
Leads and participates in inceptions and iteration planning meetings, infusing backlogs with technical input working in close partnership with the product manager
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
Leads the effort of shaping the architecture and design of the product
Leads collaboration and strategy alignment across product portfolios (cross-product) in partnership with product managers, other peers and key stakeholders
Serves as an expert on multiple business domain and a distinguished advocate of multiple technology stacks and shares that knowledge across organizations
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
Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices
Leads and participates in knowledge sharing and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the CompoZed Labs community.

Job Qualifications

7+ years of developing and implementing systems at scale
5+ years people or technical leadership or equivalent experience leading a team
A college degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or similar field, including a solid understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
Strong understanding of computer science concepts, object-oriented design principles
Strong understanding of distributed systems, operating systems, networking, databases, security, and analytics
Hands on experience and accountability architecting, designing, implementing and delivering large scale distributed systems and/or applications for the cloud, including microservices architectures and 12-factor principles
Experience developing software in different programming languages, and demonstrated ability to quickly learn new languages, including but not limited to JavaScript (React) and Java (Spring).

Compensation Data

The minimum salary for this position is $100,000. The salary offered will be commensurate with experience.

The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation, which includes a drug screen.

Good Work. Good Life. Good Hands.

As a Fortune 100 company and industry leader, we provide a competitive salary but thats just the beginning. Our Total Rewards package also offers benefits like tuition assistance, medical and dental insurance, as well as a robust pension and 401(k). Plus, youll have access to a wide variety of programs to help you balance your work and personal life -- including a generous paid time off policy.

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