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Lead Backend Software Engineer - Insurance

AllstateChicago, Illinois🇺🇸United States

Why this role stands out

As a Lead Backend Software Engineer at Allstate, you will drive the delivery of innovative insurance solutions, shaping technical roadmaps and mentoring a team within a collaborative environment. This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to grow your skills in cloud-native practices and system architecture while making a real impact on protecting millions of customers. If you are a seasoned backend engineer with a passion for leading and building scalable, secure systems, you'll thrive here.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationChicago, Illinois, United States
DockerGCPMicroservicesSQLAWSC#JavaRESTAzureKubernetesCI/CDSystem Design

Job description

Allstate seeks a Lead Software Engineer to drive delivery of innovative financial and insurance solutions that protect millions of customers. In a collaborative, performance-driven culture, you will design and build scalable, secure systems powering digital policy, claims, and financial services. You'll lead engineers, guide architecture decisions, and champion quality, reliability, and cloud-native practices. Partnering with product, data, and business teams, you'll shape technical roadmaps, improve engineering standards, and support resilient platforms that make communities safer and more resilient.

Responsibilities

  • Design and architect scalable, secure financial software solutions for insurance products and services
  • Lead a team of engineers through planning, coding, code reviews, and mentoring
  • Collaborate with product, data, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical roadmaps
  • Ensure code quality, reliability, and performance through testing, automation, and best practices
  • Integrate with cloud platforms, APIs, and data systems supporting digital insurance experiences
  • Champion secure coding, regulatory compliance, and data privacy within financial applications
  • Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling, and delivery pipelines
  • Support production systems, troubleshoot complex issues, and guide incident resolution

Required Skills

  • Software architecture and system design
  • Java or C# backend development
  • RESTful APIs and microservices
  • Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Relational and No
  • SQL databases
  • Automated testing and CI/CD pipelines
  • Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Secure coding and familiarity with compliance in finance/insurance
  • Performance tuning and observability
  • Technical leadership and code review

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