Software Engineering Manager – Java, Python

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

📋 Description

• Lead the design, development, integration, and support of Legal Technology products and platforms.

• Create, develop, and uphold cloud-native applications, APIs, integrations, and event-driven services.

• Engage directly in coding, code reviews, architectural design, troubleshooting, and providing production support.

• Integrate and orchestrate vendor-supplied legal applications with enterprise systems.

• Drive technical decisions related to cloud platforms, application modernization, data management, integration patterns, and AI services.

• Take ownership of product reliability, security, performance, and operational excellence, including incident response and root cause analysis.

• Collaborate with product managers, business stakeholders, Legal, Compliance, Security, and Technology teams.

• Design and implement AI-driven solutions utilizing Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, and intelligent automation.

• Lead experimentation, innovation, and the adoption of emerging AI technologies and legal tech solutions.

• Manage vendor relationships, product upgrades, integration initiatives, and platform lifecycle activities.

• Establish operational KPIs, service-level objectives, and engineering metrics.

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of engineers.

• Influence stakeholders and engineering teams to embrace modern engineering and AI best practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience is preferred.

• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architectures.

• Proficiency in Python for automation and platform engineering tasks.

• Experience in designing and supporting highly available production systems with accountability for reliability, security, and performance.

• Extensive experience with enterprise integrations, API management, workflow orchestration, SaaS platforms, and messaging technologies like Kafka.

• Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases, Kubernetes, and cloud-native data services.

• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms.

• Experience in building or integrating AI-powered solutions utilizing Azure OpenAI, LLMs, RAG, vector databases, or related technologies.

• Familiarity with AI frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or similar orchestration platforms.

• Proven experience working in Agile environments and collaborating directly with business stakeholders.

• Background in Legal Technology, Compliance, Risk Management, RegTech, or similar fields.

• Experience with legal research, document intelligence, contract lifecycle management, eDiscovery, or knowledge management solutions.

• Experience in managing relationships with technology vendors and SaaS providers.

• Proven experience leading cloud modernization, integration, or AI transformation initiatives.

• Candidates offered this role will be required to undergo a background investigation.

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

• A dedicated, private workspace free from distractions is required for remote work.

• Reliable internet connection with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload is necessary.

🏝️ Benefits

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

• Monthly connectivity reimbursement for employees eligible to work from home.