Software Engineer - Product Security

Allstate is a company dedicated to protecting families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. They are seeking a Software Engineer in Product Security who will be responsible for designing, building, and operating enterprise security controls as software products, while ensuring high-quality production code and collaborating closely with various teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate enterprise security controls as software products that integrate directly into the SDLC and core enterprise platforms
• Own security control capabilities end‑to‑end, including architecture, implementation, deployment, and ongoing operational support in production
• Write, test, and maintain high‑quality production code while meeting delivery and reliability expectations as a software engineer
• Apply engineering best practices such as test‑driven development, paired programming, and continuous integration and deployment
• Contribute to high‑level and low‑level system and component designs with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security outcomes
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies, frameworks, and patterns to improve the effectiveness and usability of security controls
• Collaborate closely with product managers, platform teams, and partner engineering groups to align security control capabilities with enterprise needs
• Participate in agile delivery ceremonies and contribute to a culture of fast feedback, incremental delivery, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of production systems throughout the full software development lifecycle which must include proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Java, JavaScript)
• Hands-on experience designing, building, and operating scalable distributed systems and cloud‑based applications, including microservices architectures
• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and integrate APIs and backend services, including REST‑based interfaces
• Familiarity with modern development workflows and engineering practices such as test-driven development, paired programming, and continuous integration and deployment
• Experience collaborating effectively within agile delivery models, working closely with product managers, engineers, and partner teams to deliver outcomes
• Minimum of 1 year demonstrated experience coaching or mentoring engineers, with evidence of improving individual or team technical capability over time
• Proven ability to lead technical design and architecture decisions for complex, distributed systems, resulting in measurable improvements to scalability, security, reliability, or performance
• Track record of driving cross team collaboration to deliver integrated solutions, achieving alignment across multiple product portfolios and stakeholder group
• Working knowledge of application and API security concepts, including common vulnerability classes (e.g., OWASP Top 10) and attack techniques (e.g., MITRE ATT&CK)
• Experience implementing or integrating security mechanisms such as authentication, authorization, and identity-based access controls within applications and services
• Knowledgeable in secure software development practices and techniques, including behavior driven development or security focused testing patterns
• Practical exposure to containerized and cloud native environments, including Docker, Kubernetes, and public cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure
• Exposure to large language models (LLMs), machine learning concepts, or systems that incorporate AI driven capabilities
• Ability to leverage AI assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor) responsibly to improve developer productivity and code quality
• Demonstrated commitment to building solutions that balance robust security guarantees with an excellent developer experience, without compromising one for the other