Data Architect

State Farm•Dunwoody, GA

24d•Hybrid

About The Position

State Farm is seeking a Technical Architect for the Experience Architecture suite within the Enterprise Technology/Digital Channel Performance department. The role will help define architectural direction for digital customer experience insights and design scalable, high-quality data solutions that support privacy and digital insights, as well as Digital Growth and Experience goals. The position collaborates with product teams, enterprise partners, data stewards, and the Office of Privacy to govern consistent, high-quality, scalable data solutions and address changing privacy requirements. It also leads architecture work that supports AI and automation, provides visibility into data impacts and end-to-end flows across systems, evaluates new initiatives for architectural impact, and identifies opportunities to simplify data and modernize digital insights. This is a hybrid role. Qualified candidates must live or relocate within 180 miles of a hub in Bloomington, Illinois; Dunwoody, Georgia; Richardson, Texas; or Tempe, Arizona, and should expect to work both from home and in the office. Applicants must be immediately eligible to work lawfully in the United States; State Farm will not sponsor work authorization for this opportunity. The standard work week is 38 hours and 45 minutes.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience influencing the design of technical solutions, with an emphasis on data architecture, data integration, or data platform design.
Demonstrated experience with data modeling, data lineage, data governance, or data pipeline design.
Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to communicate through diagrams.
A proven ability to use professional networks to work across suites and areas.
Experience with database technologies, data warehousing, streaming platforms, or enterprise data integration patterns.
Experience in data architecture, data modeling, data governance, or data engineering.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with AI/ML data requirements and how data architecture enables AI-driven solutions.
Experience working with vendors and integrating with the State Farm ecosystem.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with product teams, enterprise partners, and data stewards to design and govern consistent, high-quality, scalable data solutions across the Digital Experience ecosystem.
Work with the Office of Privacy, monitor changes in the privacy landscape, and advise on solutions that comply with privacy legislation.
Lead data architecture efforts that enable AI and automation, including identifying enhancements, establishing governance frameworks, and delivering scalable data foundations.
Help teams understand data impacts, integrations, and end-to-end data flows across Digital Experience systems and beyond.
Evaluate incoming work for data architecture impact and develop high-level designs for new initiatives.
Identify opportunities to reduce data duplication and accelerate modernization of digital insights.

Benefits

Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary.
Annual raise and bonus eligibility.
Health and wellbeing programs, with State Farm paying most of the healthcare premium and multiple healthcare plan options.
Medical plans cover in-network preventive care; vision, dental, telemedicine, and mental health services are also available.
Industry-leading training programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
Fertility, IVF, and adoption assistance.
College coaching, national discount programs, financial workshops, and financial coaching.
Time-off policies, initially up to 20 days annually, plus parental leave, paid holidays, a celebration day, life leave, bereavement leave, and community service/education support days.
Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and Employee Assistance Fund.
401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of salary.