Managing Engineer - Security (Hybrid)

Key Responsibilities  

• Lead and manage an engineering team delivering security controls as software products, including hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development 

• Set technical direction for the team and drive high‑quality execution across design, implementation, deployment, and production support of security controls 

• Serve as a hands‑on technical leader by contributing to architecture and design reviews, guiding technical decisions, performing code reviews, and supporting critical‑path implementation as needed 

• Own operational outcomes for the team’s products in production, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement through feedback and learning loops 

• Partner with Digital Product Managers, platform teams, and engineering stakeholders to effect alignment across roadmaps, priorities, and delivery plans spanning multiple product portfolios 

• Build and sustain a strong engineering culture that emphasizes modern delivery practices (e.g., test‑driven development, paired programming, CI/CD), fast feedback, and continuous improvement 

• Influence and innovate solutions to complex security challenges by translating security needs into scalable engineering approaches and reusable capabilities 

• Facilitate effective agile execution (standups, planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives) while maintaining a strong focus on outcomes rather than ceremony 

Essential Skills:  

• All applicants must demonstrate they have a legal right to work in the UK for employment at Allstate. Allstate is not providing sponsorship for this vacancy 

• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including hands on production coding in modern languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Python) and ownership of production systems delivering measurable reliability, performance, or security outcomes 

• A minimum of 2 years' experience leading engineers through hands on technical guidance, including architecture reviews, design decisions, and code reviews 

• Proven background in building and operating scalable, distributed systems in cloud environments, including microservices‑based architectures 

• Track record of designing, evolving, and integrating APIs and backend services, with attention to reliability, scalability, and security considerations 

• Practical application of modern engineering practices such as test‑driven development, paired programming, CI/CD pipelines, and operational feedback loops including monitoring and observability 

• Experience operating within agile delivery environments, partnering closely with Digital Product Managers and engineering stakeholders to deliver outcomes 

Desirable Skills 

• Demonstrated depth in security engineering domains such as application security, cloud security, DevSecOps, or secure software development practices 

• Practical experience designing or operating security controls embedded into CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, or shared platform services 

• Proven ability to influence technical decisions beyond the immediate team, driving adoption of secure patterns, standards, or reusable capabilities across product areas 

• Experience mentoring senior engineers and emerging technical leaders, with a focus on raising engineering quality and long‑term team capability 

• Strong organizational awareness and the ability to navigate cross‑team dependencies while maintaining delivery momentum and technical integrity 

• Exposure to cloud‑native and containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, AWS and/or Azure) and the security considerations that accompany them 

• Familiarity with security metrics and operational signals (e.g., control adoption, reliability, incident reduction) used to evaluate engineering and security outcomes 

• Strong mindset of balancing delivery velocity, security rigor, and developer experience, making thoughtful tradeoffs appropriate to context 

• Demonstrated commitment to building solutions that balance robust security guarantees with an excellent developer experience, without compromising one for the other 

Supervisory Responsibilities:  

• This role has supervisory responsibilities and serves as the first level manager for a team of engineers. 

Posting closing date: Friday 26th June 2026 {11.59pm}