Software Engineer at State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company – Bloomington, Illinois

Location US-IL-Bloomington;US-GA-Dunwoody;US-TX-Richardson
Job Category Technology and UX
Position Type Regular Full Time
Req ID 44136
Overview

Being good neighbors – helping people, investing in our communities, and making the world a better place – is who we are at State Farm. It is at the core of how we operate and the reason for our success. Come join a #1 team and do some good!

Hybrid: Qualified candidates must live within a 180-mile radius of a hub location listed below and should plan to spend time working from home and time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.
Work locations: Dunwoody, GA; Richardson, TX or Bloomington, IL
Sponsorship: Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity.

Responsibilities

Join us as a Software Engineer and be instrumental in transforming the platforms that drive our Property & Casualty claims operations. This opportunity demands a robust full-stack engineering skill set and extensive expertise with AWS ecosystems. You will work collaboratively with product teams, architects, and claims operations to design and deliver scalable, secure, and user-friendly solutions that elevate the associate experience, streamline claim processing, and boost operational efficiency for thousands of users. If you're passionate about full-stack development and eager to innovate the future of claims technology, we want to hear from you!

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy software solutions across AWS Native and/or AWS OpenShift (ROSA) platforms supporting claim operations
• Build and maintain integrations across our claims ecosystem, including synchronous APIs and asynchronous/event-driven workflows (SNS/SQS)
• Maintain, modernize and enhance existing Java/Spring Boot microservices deployed to ROSA, including container build/release and Kubernetes/OpenShift deployment workflows
• Support an AWS-native Angular single-page application (SPA) by designing and evolving backend APIs and services that power the UI
• Implement and enforce engineering best practices including CI/CD (GitLab), automated testing, code quality, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and secure-by-default patterns (Secrets Manager/IAM)
• Own production health of your services: monitor and troubleshoot issues using CloudWatch, Splunk, and Dynatrace; perform incident triage across upstream/downstream dependencies; and execute safe deployments/rollbacks (blue/green, canary, etc.)
• Remediate vulnerabilities and operational findings via ticket-driven work (e.g., ServiceNow)
• Produce and maintain technical artifacts including architecture diagrams, API contracts, runbooks, and other operational documentation
• Mentor peers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence, pragmatic design, and operational ownership

Qualifications

Required

• Full-stack software development experience, with strong backend/service engineering capability
• Strong proficiency in at least one of: Java (Spring Boot) or TypeScript/Node.js
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts (reliability, failure modes, retries/timeouts, idempotency, eventual consistency)
• Proficiency building and operating on AWS, including several of: Lambda, API Gateway, S3, SNS/SQS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, IAM
• Experience designing and maintaining APIs (REST), including versioning and backward compatibility considerations; familiarity with API contracts
• Experience with event-driven integration patterns (queues/topics, DLQs, replay/backfill considerations)
• Experience with containers and deployment on Kubernetes/OpenShift (ROSA), including concepts such as deployments, services/ingress, config/secrets, and rollout strategies
• Experience with CI/CD and release management practices (GitLab CI/CD preferred), including safe rollout/rollback strategies
• Ability to support production systems: debugging, log/trace interpretation, incident triage, and partnering effectively across teams
• Strong OOP and service design fundamentals; ability to translate complex operational needs into maintainable designs
• Experience with developer productivity tooling such as GitHub Copilot
• Excellent analytical, communication, research, and documentation skills

Preferred

• Observability tooling experience (CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Splunk)
• Security/IAM and PII-handling experience (least privilege, encryption, secrets management, auditability)
• Experience supporting single-page applications (SPA) and front-end integration patterns (Angular familiarity a plus)
• Experience building/operating custom agents or MCP servers with GitHub CoPilot

Our Benefits

Because work-life balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!

• Potential starting salary range: $97,000 - $123,000
• Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience
• High end of the range limited to applicants with significant relevant experience
• Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary

At State Farm, we offer more than just a paycheck. Check out our suite of benefits designed to give you the flexibility you need to take care of you and your family!

• Get Paid! On top of our competitive pay, you are eligible for an annual raise and bonus.
• Stay Well! Focus on you and your family’s health with our robust health and wellbeing programs. State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium, and we offer multiple healthcare plan options, including a high deductible plan. All medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care, AND you and your family have access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals, and much more!
• Develop and Grow! Take advantage of educational benefits like industry leading training programs, top-notch tuition assistance programs, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
• Plan Ahead! Plan for those big moments in life with benefits like fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, national discount programs, interactive monthly financial workshops, free financial coaching, and more. You can also start a savings account or consider financing through our State Farm Federal Credit Union!
• Take a Little “You” Time! You will have access to our generous time off policies designed so you can plan around holidays, family events, volunteering, or just to take a relaxing day off. With the opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave, paid holidays, celebration day, life leave (40 hours/year), bereavement leave, and community service/education support days, there will be plenty of time for you!
• Give Back! We offer several ways to give back through our Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and the Employee Assistance Fund.
• Finish Strong! Plan for retirement using free financial advisors and a 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.

Visit our State Farm Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations, and the hiring process of joining the State Farm team!