Lead Engineer – Classic Products

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead essential engineering teams that hold significant technical, strategic, or architectural responsibilities.

• Foster relationships across the organization to ensure alignment and support for organizational objectives.

• Design and architect digital products utilizing contemporary tools, technologies, frameworks, and systems.

• Utilize scientific and technological expertise in software design, implementation, testing, and documentation.

• Oversee and manage applications in a production environment.

• Take accountability for the success of digital products through the achievement of key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Provide guidance on complex engineering issues to others.

• Convert strategy into ambitious and meaningful objectives.

• Manage teams accountable for strategic architectural components and functions of significant value.

• Serve as an authority on software best practices and promote these practices throughout the organization.

• Engage and influence key stakeholders effectively.

• Supervise a team of up to 5 individuals.

⛳️ Requirements

• 10 or more years of experience with Java and COBOL.

• Proficiency in developing REST APIs using Java Spring Boot.

• Familiarity with API documentation tools such as Swagger, REST Docs, and OpenAPI specification.

• Experience with API versioning, service discovery/registration, testing, and management.

• Practical experience in architecting, designing, implementing, and delivering large-scale distributed systems and/or cloud applications.

• Knowledge of microservices architectures.

• Understanding of web and API security, including authentication, authorization, OAuth, OWASP, OpenID, and SAML.

• Background in backend development design and implementation.

• Experience with databases, including MongoDB and caching solutions.

• Familiarity with Kafka messaging.

• Knowledge of distributed version control systems such as Git.

• Experience with artifact management, build, and packaging systems such as Maven, Gradle, npm, and Artifactory.

• Proficient in using Jenkins or similar continuous integration tools.

• Experience working in an Agile environment or paired programming/engineering models.

• Knowledge of Python is a plus.

• Ability to work from home with a dedicated, private workspace.

• Reliable internet connection with a minimum speed of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

• Successful completion of a background investigation.

• Valid photo identification for virtual interviews (not required for internal candidates).

• Allstate typically does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive technology setup including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse.

• Monthly connectivity reimbursement for employees who qualify to work from home.