Applied Machine Learning Engineer Senior Consultant II (Software Engineering Focus)

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
Machine Learning Software Engineer Senior Consultant II implements applications following 12-factor principles to build out the product and iterative enhancements. They own the full stack of software products and backend services. They leverage test driven development and continuous integration to ensure agility and quality of products. They actively participate in the decision-making process of the team ensuring that the simplest appropriate technology and design is chosen to meet user needs.
This is a software engineering-first role. Strong Java/Spring Boot development experience is required. Experience deploying Machine Learning and Generative AI solutions into production is highly desirable.

Provides input into the architecture and design of the product; collaborating with the team in solving problems the right way

Designs, develops, and maintains features across the product platform, including UI, APIs, backend services, and supporting infrastructure

Practices daily paired programming and test-driven development in writing software and building product

Expands test coverage and ensures adherence to test-driven development practices

Participates in executing the strategy, keeping the customer needs and wants in mind

Serves as an expert on a specific business domain and demonstrates leadership and accountability on at least one technology stack

Coaches more junior team members around different technologies and XP practices

Establishes continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment pipelines and practices

Reviews deployment readiness through automated and manual verification activities

Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis during service disruptions

Provides support for software products in user environments

Addresses security findings, vulnerability remediation, and compliance requirements

Leads and participates in daily site, cross-site, and product team standups

Participates in retrospectives to gather feedback and derive actionable items to improve the team and the product

Participates in iteration planning meetings ensuring that the team has a common understanding of each story and chores in a team's backlog

Experience

3 or more years of experience

Strong proficiency in Java 17+ and Spring Boot 4.x+

Proficiency in Python

Experience deploying GenAI and/or machine learning systems into production. Experience building GenAI systems is preferred but not required.

Prior experience building and/or supporting CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).

Prior experience working with MongoDB, including schema design, indexing, and performance optimization

Demonstrated experience supporting production applications, monitoring, and incident response

Prior experience implementing authentication (OAuth, OIDC, SSO)

Familiarity with observability platforms, logging, and application monitoring

Prior experience using cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform) is a plus

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job does not have supervisory duties.

Skills
Application Programming Interface (API), Data Science, Java (Programming Language), Machine Learning (ML), Machine Learning Algorithms, Python (Programming Language), Spring Boot

Compensation
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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