Lead Platform Software Engineer

State Farm•Dunwoody, GA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

State Farm is seeking a Lead Platform Software Engineer to help shape developer experience and software delivery across the organization. The role designs and enhances an enterprise developer platform that simplifies how teams build, test, secure, and deploy applications. It uses modern cloud technologies and scalable solutions to improve developer productivity and software delivery. The position focuses on enterprise CI/CD platforms, reusable pipelines and automated workflows, cloud infrastructure and deployment practices, and integrating security, compliance, and quality checks into delivery pipelines. The engineer collaborates with software engineering, SRE, QA, security, and product teams; helps establish engineering standards; mentors engineers; and contributes to platform architecture and engineering improvements. The role is based at one of the listed State Farm facilities in Bloomington, Illinois; Dunwoody, Georgia; Richardson, Texas; or Tempe, Arizona. It follows a hybrid work arrangement, with approximately 40% in-office time each month beginning in late 2027. Applicants must be eligible to work lawfully in the United States immediately; State Farm will not sponsor work authorization for this opportunity.

Requirements

Hands-on experience designing, building, or maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar technologies.
Experience with cloud infrastructure and automation, particularly AWS and Terraform.
Working knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience developing reusable workflows, automation solutions, or infrastructure templates.
Understanding of secure software delivery practices, including access management, automated testing, and security integration.
Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Go, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar languages.
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Ability to collaborate across engineering teams and contribute to technical design decisions.
Eligibility to lawfully work in the United States immediately; employer sponsorship for U.S. work authorization is not available.

Nice To Haves

Experience building internal developer platforms, self-service tools, or standardized delivery workflows.
Advanced knowledge of GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, runners, and enterprise CI/CD governance.
Familiarity with OpenShift/ROSA, ArgoCD, GitOps, or Kubernetes resource management and templating.
Experience integrating security scanning, policy-as-code, software bills of materials (SBOMs), or artifact signing into delivery pipelines.
Experience defining CI/CD architecture or engineering standards across multiple development teams.
Familiarity with developer productivity and operational performance metrics, including deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery (MTTR).
Experience mentoring engineers, influencing technical decisions, or leading engineering improvements.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and enhance enterprise CI/CD platforms across the software development lifecycle.
Create reusable pipelines, automated workflows, and self-service solutions for building, testing, and deploying applications.
Improve developer experience by reducing manual processes, simplifying deployments, and increasing engineering efficiency.
Build and optimize CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and related automation technologies.
Use AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and GitOps practices to support reliable, scalable infrastructure and deployments.
Develop standardized deployment processes across development, testing, staging, and production environments.
Partner with security and engineering teams to integrate security, compliance, and quality checks into delivery pipelines.
Implement secure automation practices, including secrets management, access controls, automated scanning, and software supply-chain protections.
Troubleshoot complex pipeline and deployment issues and continuously improve platform reliability and performance.
Collaborate with software engineers, SREs, QA, security, and product teams to improve developer experience.
Help establish engineering standards and best practices while balancing consistency with team flexibility.
Mentor engineers, share technical knowledge, and influence adoption of modern platform engineering practices.
Identify opportunities to improve deployment speed, reliability, and developer productivity.

Benefits

Potential yearly incentive pay up to 15% of base salary
Annual raise and bonus
Health and wellbeing programs, including medical plan options, vision, dental, telemedicine, and mental health professionals
Educational benefits, including training programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and mentoring
Fertility, IVF, and adoption assistance
College coaching, national discount programs, financial workshops, and free financial coaching
Time-off policies, with the opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually
Parental leave
Paid holidays
Celebration day
Life leave (40 hours per year)
Bereavement leave
Community service and 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
Free financial advisors