Software Engineer Manager

Allstate Insurance Company

$120K — $193K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Illinois, US
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience preferred
  • Strong expertise in AWS and Azure cloud platforms
  • Proficient in CI/CD and container orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Experience with microservices architecture and API development
  • Proven record of leading and mentoring software development teams

Responsibilities

  • Lead knowledge sharing to enhance the CompoZed Labs community
  • Contribute technical input during product discovery and scoping
  • Facilitate retrospectives to promote feedback and collaboration
  • Shape product architecture and design
  • Guide teams through iteration planning and backlog infusions
  • Anchor technical leadership and resolve conflicts within the team
  • Establish and improve continuous integration and delivery practices
  • Collaborate across product portfolios for strategy alignment

Benefits

  • Comprehensive technology setup including laptop and peripherals
  • Monthly connectivity reimbursement for home internet costs
  • Flexible work-from-home arrangements
  • Encouragement of continuous professional growth and knowledge sharing
  • Supportive of a productive work environment with required resources
Full Job Description
Job Description
The Software Engineer Manager architects and designs their digital products using modern tools, technologies, frameworks, and systems. They apply a systematic application of scientific and technological knowledge, methods, and experience to the design, implementation, testing, and documentation of software. They own and manage running their application in production, and ultimately becomes accountable for the success of their digital products through achieving KPIs. The Software Engineer manager plans, directs, designs, and executes IT-related activities and programs that are of a complex and critical nature. The Software Engineer Manager selects, leads, counsels, motivates, sets expectations and evaluates medium to large teams. Additionally, they confer with and advise direct reports on administrative policies and procedures, risks, issues, problem resolution, sourcing decisions, budget and priorities.

Key Responsibilities
• Leads and participates in knowledge sharing and contributes to the overall growth of the collective knowledge of the CompoZed Labs community.
• Participate in product scoping, discovery and framing, and inceptions providing technical input and helps translate user features into system design.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices.
• 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.

Experience
• 7 or more years of experience (Preferred)

Supervisory Responsibilities
• This job has supervisory duties.

Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Kafka, API Development, API Integration, Back-End Development, CI/CD, Cloud Platform, Code Reviews, Communication, Database Administration, Data Logging, Data Management, Debugging, Docker Container, Front-End Development, Git, Infrastructure As Code (IaC), IT Leadership, IT Mentoring, Kubernetes, Load Testing, Microservices Architecture, Microsoft Azure, Monitoring Tools {+ 4 more}

Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is 120,000.00 - 193,725.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.

Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs.

When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload.

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