Managing Engineer (Java/Spring)

Allstate Insurance Co. is a leader in providing innovative solutions to protect families and their belongings. The Managing Engineer (Java/Spring) is responsible for leading an engineering team to deliver mission-critical compensation platforms, ensuring high-quality delivery and compliance while fostering a culture of technical excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a globally distributed engineering team
• Support performance management, career development, and team engagement
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and technical excellence
• Responsible for building and delivering software, guiding teams through solution design, development, testing, and production release
• Guide architecture, design, and implementation of Java-based backend services
• Provide technical oversight across Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Kafka, and relational databases
• Ensure engineering best practices without acting as a full-time individual contributor
• Partner with Product, Finance, and Audit teams to deliver accurate compensation changes
• Balance delivery speed with reliability, compliance, and long-term sustainability
• Support production readiness, release management, and operational stability
• Operate within SOX-compliant development and change-management processes
• Participate in audits, controls, and documentation reviews

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot (or equivalent)
• Experience with Spring Batch or large-scale batch processing systems
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or event-driven messaging
• Strong SQL experience with relational databases (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.)
• Experience supporting backend applications in production environments
• Demonstrated ability to mentor or lead engineers
• Prior people-management or team-lead experience
• Experience working with SOX-regulated or audit-heavy systems
• Familiarity with data platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Redshift, or Databricks
• Exposure to AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
• Experience working with globally distributed engineering teams