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

Allstate · IL · Full time

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about putting a machine learning or GenAI model into production. What did you have to build around it?

What they are checking: Whether they understand that deployment needs serving, monitoring, versioning and fallbacks, not just a trained model.

Tell me about a design decision you influenced on a team. How did you get people on board?

What they are checking: Whether they participate in team decisions with good reasoning and respect, as a senior consultant should.

What would you do

The team is excited about a complex new framework, but you think a simpler design would do. How do you handle that?

What they are checking: Whether they argue for the simplest appropriate technology, which the posting asks the team to choose.

A model in production starts making worse predictions over time. How would you find out, and what would you do?

What they are checking: Whether they understand data drift and have monitoring and a response plan for it.

About the work

This is a software-engineering-first role. Tell me about a Java and Spring Boot service you built and own.

What they are checking: Whether they have strong backend engineering depth, which the posting says is required before any ML work.

What do 12-factor principles mean to you, and which one do teams break most often?

What they are checking: Whether they understand how to build services that deploy and scale cleanly, not just recite the list.

How do you use test-driven development on a feature that wraps a machine learning model?

What they are checking: Whether they can apply TDD where model behavior is uncertain, separating what can be tested from what must be monitored.

You own the full stack, from UI to APIs to backend. How do you keep quality high across all of it?

What they are checking: Whether they have practical habits for owning a whole product rather than one layer.

How would you design an API that serves predictions to other teams at Allstate?

What they are checking: Whether they think about contracts, latency, versioning and failure modes for other teams relying on them.

How does continuous integration fit into how you ship ML features?

What they are checking: Whether they keep shipping small and safe even when models and data change.

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The full job description

As published by Allstate.

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+ • Profi ciency 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 support ing CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent). • Prior experience working with MongoDB, including schema design, indexing, and performance optimization • Demonstrated experience s upport ing production applications, monitoring, and incident response • Prior experience i mplement ing authentication (OAuth, OIDC, SSO) • Familiarity with observability platforms, logging, and application monitoring • Prior experience using cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) 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. Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position. 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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. Allstate provides a comprehensive technology setup, including a laptop, monitors, headset, keyboard, and mouse. Employees eligible to work from home also receive a monthly connectivity reimbursement to help offset internet costs. When working from home, you must have a dedicated, private workspace free from distractions, along with appropriate desk and seating. Reliable internet is required, with minimum speeds of 50 MB download and 5 MB upload. To help create a more personal and engaging experience, we ask that you join with your camera on if your interview is virtual. Please also have a Valid Photo Identification available at the start of your interview. If you require any accommodations or have questions ahead of your interview please reach out to your recruiter. 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