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

Location US-IL-Bloomington;US-AZ-Tempe
Job Category Technology and UX
Position Type Regular Full Time
Req ID 44194
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 some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.
HUB LOCATIONS: Bloomington, IL; Richardson or Tempe, AZ

SPONSORSHIP: Applicants for this position 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

The Delivery Engineering team within the Product Delivery Experience at State Farm is seeking an experienced Software Engineer who is passionate about automation, empowering product teams, and advancing their engineering expertise. While strong technical skills are essential, we also highly value candidates who demonstrate the soft skills that contribute positively to our collaborative team environment. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of containerization technologies, including building, deploying, and managing containers and images using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, ROSA, JFrog, and ArgoCD. Experience and enthusiasm for developing and maintaining container images at an enterprise scale are a must.

Qualifications

Key Responsibilities

• Play a critical role in shaping the future of container technologies within State Farm’s Delivery Engineering team
• Apply modern coding, testing, security, DevOps, and software engineering best practices to develop and maintain applications that support evolving business needs
• Analyze customer technical requirements, propose solutions, and design implementation and integration plans
• Lead the analysis, design, deployment, support, and security of technology solutions to ensure efficient management of technology and data assets in accordance with industry best practices and regulatory standards
• Embrace a DevOps and Agile mindset, taking ownership of products throughout their lifecycle, from inception to sunset
• Apply user experience principles to improve product usability and enhance customer interaction
• Leverage advanced computer science concepts and automated software change models using tools such as git and GitLab to accelerate time to market
• Enhance observability and auditability of solutions by utilizing event logging and monitoring platforms like DataDog, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana
• Provide engineering mentorship to improve team workflows and collaboration
• Continuously advance the automated software deployment lifecycle by implementing enterprise-grade capabilities such as feature flags, and blue/green, canary, and smoke deployments

Additional Skills:

• Proven experience building, deploying, and managing containerized solutions, including multi-architecture (ARM/AMD) builds
• Strong knowledge of container orchestration and management platforms such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and OpenShift (ROSA)
• Familiarity with container security best practices and threat modeling
• Understanding of container networking, storage concepts, and artifact management with tools like JFrog
• Experience with container registries and image management in cloud environments, including AWS (EKS, RDS, Route 53, ROSA) and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and scripting languages like Bash for automation
• Expertise in GitLab/GitHub workflows and CI/CD best practices aligned with DevOps and GitOps methodologies

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: $110,000 - $130,000
• 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!