What are the responsibilities and job description for the Managing Engineer -- Cyber Platform Engineering (Remote, US) position at Allstate Insurance?
At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life's uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers' 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.
Job Description
We are hiring multiple Managing Engineers to join our Cyber Platform Engineering organization within Allstate Cyber Operations & Platforms. This posting represents an opportunity to be considered for one of several engineering leadership roles aligned to a shared mission: building secure, scalable, and operationally mature platform capabilities that strengthen cyber operations. While these roles share a common leadership profile and core engineering expectations, each opening is centered on a distinct focus area across agentic AI platforms, tooling and platform integration, or security data and observability.Focus Areas
- Agentic Cyber Platforms (ACP):Build platform services, orchestration capabilities, and guardrails that enable secure, reliable, and scalable AI adoption across cyber operations.
- Tooling & Platform (T&P):Lead engineering for integrated tooling, shared services, and automation capabilities that improve consistency, interoperability, and workflow efficiency.
- Security Data & Observability (SD&O):Engineer telemetry pipelines, observability controls, and data services that support analytics, automation, and AI-enabled decision-making.
KeyResponsibilities
- Lead the design, delivery, and operation of production-grade engineering capabilities that support cyber operations at scale.
- Build reliable, secure, and observable services, tools, platforms, or data pipelines aligned to shared engineering standards.
- Own service and platform lifecycle expectations, including reliability, operational readiness, observability, and continuous improvement.
- Partner across product, platform, and engineering stakeholders to shape architecture, integration design, and delivery sequencing.
- Drive platform maturity through automation, reuse, standardization, and strong operational discipline.
- Coach and develop engineers while building high-performing teams with strong execution and systems thinking.
Essential Criteria
- A minimum of7 years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, or distributed systems delivery.
- A minimum of3 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical delivery inproduct-basedenvironments.
- Experience operating production systems, services, tools, or pipelines with strong expectations around reliability, observability, security, and maintainability.
- Strong understanding of integration patterns, automation, cloud-native engineering practices, and scalable platform design.
- Experience building reusable services, workflows, platforms, or data capabilities that support multiple teams or operational use cases.
- Ability to balance technical depth, delivery execution, operational rigor, andpeopleleadership in complex environments.
Desirable criteria
- Additionaldepth in AI platforms, security tooling, telemetry engineering, or observability is strongly valued depending onalignmentto the specific role.
- Familiarity with cyber operations, security workflows, or high-sensitivity operating environments is preferred.
Skills
AI Platforms, Cyber Operations, Engineering Leadership, Platform Engineering, Software EngineeringCompensation
Compensation offered for this role is 120,000.00 - 193,725.00 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't just a job - it's 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 - a winning team making a meaningful impact.
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