Allstate
Managing Engineer - Security
Posted on Apr 24 Remote, IL 26 views
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life鈥檚 uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers鈥� evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection.听
Job Description
Product Security Engineering designs, builds, and operates enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into the SDLC and core enterprise platforms. The organization applies modern engineering practices to create scalable, reliable, and developer friendly security capabilities that are embedded into the enterprise technology ecosystem and enable secure by default behaviors while minimizing friction for product and platform teams.
The Managing Security Engineer is a hands on engineering leader responsible for leading a team that delivers and operates these security controls in production. This role blends deep technical leadership, people leadership, and delivery ownership: setting technical direction, guiding architecture and design decisions, coaching and developing engineers, and ensuring the team consistently ships high quality software that achieves measurable security and engineering outcomes. The Managing Security Engineer is accountable for the end to end success of the team鈥檚 security products, including reliability, adoption, and operational health in production.
Key Responsibilities听听
Essential Skills听
Desirable Skills
Supervisory Responsibilities听
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Skills
API Development, Application Security, CI/CD, Cloud Security, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Distributed Systems, Java, JavaScript, Microservices Architecture, People Leadership, Python (Programming Language), Technical Leadership
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is $120,000 鈥� 195,000 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Joining our team isn鈥檛 just a job 鈥� it鈥檚 an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger 鈥� a winning team making a meaningful impact.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For jobs in San Francisco, please click 鈥溾�� for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For jobs in Los Angeles, please click 鈥溾�� for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
To view the 鈥淓EO Know Your Rights鈥� poster click 鈥溾��. This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
To view the FMLA poster, click 鈥溾��. This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.
It is the Company鈥檚 policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee鈥檚 ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.
Job Description
Product Security Engineering designs, builds, and operates enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into the SDLC and core enterprise platforms. The organization applies modern engineering practices to create scalable, reliable, and developer friendly security capabilities that are embedded into the enterprise technology ecosystem and enable secure by default behaviors while minimizing friction for product and platform teams.
The Managing Security Engineer is a hands on engineering leader responsible for leading a team that delivers and operates these security controls in production. This role blends deep technical leadership, people leadership, and delivery ownership: setting technical direction, guiding architecture and design decisions, coaching and developing engineers, and ensuring the team consistently ships high quality software that achieves measurable security and engineering outcomes. The Managing Security Engineer is accountable for the end to end success of the team鈥檚 security products, including reliability, adoption, and operational health in production.
Key Responsibilities听听
Lead and manage an engineering team delivering security controls as software products, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development听
Set technical direction for the team and drive听high鈥憅uality听execution across design, implementation, deployment, and production support of security controls听
Serve as a听hands鈥憃n听technical leader by contributing to architecture and design reviews, guiding technical decisions, performing code reviews, and supporting听critical鈥憄ath听implementation as needed听
Own operational outcomes for the team鈥檚 products in production, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement through feedback and learning loops听
Partner with Digital Product Managers, platform teams, and engineering stakeholders to effect alignment across roadmaps, priorities, and delivery plans spanning multiple product portfolios听
Build and sustain a strong engineering culture that emphasizes modern delivery practices (e.g.,听test鈥慸riven听development, paired programming, CI/CD), fast feedback, and continuous improvement听
Influence and innovate solutions to complex security challenges by translating security needs into scalable engineering approaches and reusable capabilities听
Facilitate effective agile execution (standups, planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives) while听maintaining听a strong focus on outcomes rather than ceremony听
Essential Skills听
5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including hands听on production coding in modern languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python) and ownership of production systems delivering measurable reliability, performance, or security听outcomes听
2+听years of experience听leading听engineers through听hands听on听technical guidance, including architecture reviews, design decisions, and code reviews听
Proven background in building and听operating听scalable, distributed systems in cloud environments, including听microservices鈥慴ased听architectures听
Track record听of designing, evolving, and integrating APIs and backend services, with attention to reliability, scalability, and security considerations听
Practical application of modern engineering practices such as听test鈥慸riven听development, paired programming, CI/CD pipelines, and operational feedback loops including monitoring and observability听
Experience听operating听within agile delivery environments, partnering closely with Digital Product Managers and engineering stakeholders to deliver outcomes听
Desirable Skills
Demonstrated depth in security engineering domains such as application security, cloud security,听DevSecOps, or secure software development practices听
Practical experience designing or operating security controls embedded into CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, or shared platform services听
Proven ability to influence technical decisions beyond the immediate team, driving adoption of secure patterns, standards, or reusable capabilities across product areas听
Experience mentoring senior engineers and emerging technical leaders, with a focus on raising engineering quality and听long鈥憈erm听team capability听
Strong organizational awareness and the ability to navigate听cross鈥憈eam听dependencies while听maintaining听delivery momentum and technical integrity听
Exposure to听cloud鈥憂ative听and containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker,听AWS听and/or Azure) and the security considerations that听accompany听them听
Familiarity with security metrics and operational signals (e.g., control adoption, reliability, incident reduction) used to evaluate engineering and security outcomes听
Strong mindset of balancing delivery velocity, security rigor, and developer experience, making thoughtful tradeoffs听appropriate to听context听
Demonstrated commitment to building solutions that balance robust security guarantees with an excellent developer experience, without compromising one for the other听
Supervisory Responsibilities听
This role has supervisory responsibilities and serves as the听first level听manager for a team of engineers.听
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Skills
API Development, Application Security, CI/CD, Cloud Security, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Distributed Systems, Java, JavaScript, Microservices Architecture, People Leadership, Python (Programming Language), Technical Leadership
Compensation
Compensation offered for this role is $120,000 鈥� 195,000 annually and is based on experience and qualifications.
The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation.
Joining our team isn鈥檛 just a job 鈥� it鈥檚 an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger 鈥� a winning team making a meaningful impact.
Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position.
Effective July 1, 2014, under Indiana House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1242, it is against public policy of the State of Indiana and a discriminatory practice for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee on the basis of status as a veteran by refusing to employ an applicant on the basis that they are a veteran of the armed forces of the United States, a member of the Indiana National Guard or a member of a reserve component.
For jobs in San Francisco, please click 鈥溾�� for information regarding the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
For jobs in Los Angeles, please click 鈥溾�� for information regarding the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
To view the 鈥淓EO Know Your Rights鈥� poster click 鈥溾��. This poster provides information concerning the laws and procedures for filing complaints of violations of the laws with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
To view the FMLA poster, click 鈥溾��. This poster summarizing the major provisions of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and telling employees how to file a complaint.
It is the Company鈥檚 policy to employ the best qualified individuals available for all jobs. Therefore, any discriminatory action taken on account of an employee鈥檚 ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual and reproductive health decision, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race (include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), religion (including religious dress), sex, or sexual orientation that adversely affects an employee's terms or conditions of employment is prohibited. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, salary administration, promotion, job assignment, benefits, discipline, and separation of employment.
