Lead Software Engineer

State Farm•Richardson, TX

7h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Public Cloud Adoption Team (PCAT) is seeking a highly motivated Software Engineer to help drive the evolution of infrastructure management capabilities and build the future Engineering Platform for State Farm. In this role, you will contribute to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions—including OpenTofu—and support the expansion of foundational Platform Engineering capabilities. As a member of Platform Engineering, you will collaborate across the enterprise to mature State Farm’s cloud adoption strategy and deliver secure, scalable platform services that accelerate application teams. The ideal candidate brings strong knowledge and hands-on experience with Open Tofu, AWS, Python, and modern cloud engineering practices. We are looking for engineers who are excited to solve complex infrastructure and platform challenges through strong engineering practices, automation, and a customer-focused mindset. Your work will directly shape Core Platform Engineering and help enable the future Unified Insurance Platform, improving how teams provision, secure, and operate cloud infrastructure.

Requirements

Knowledge and experience with Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Knowledge and experience with Cloud technologies and Software Engineering in the cloud (AWS preferred, Azure & GCP considered), Terraform/Open Tofu, Python, and Go.
Experience in Cloud Engineering, infrastructure, and information security.
Knowledge of industry cloud concepts and offerings.

Nice To Haves

Software Engineering and Infrastructure experience in Cloud Platforms (AWS / GCP/ Azure).
Interest in and use of AI tooling to create solutions.
Experience with various software development tooling and techniques.
Passion for solving problems.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong critical thinking.
Ability to thrive in a highly collaborative agile team environment.
Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment.
Commitment to software practices of continuous integration and automated testing.

Responsibilities

Drive product delivery, architecture, enablement, and support for core platform capabilities—building reliable platform services that are easy to consume and operate across the enterprise.
Lead technical direction for enterprise IaC (OpenTofu) including the runtime provisioning environment, module strategy, standards, and guidance for internal developers.
Build and evolve reusable platform “Golden Path” capabilities that support the future platform.
Develop and mature high-quality IaC building blocks, including: OpenTofu modules (including inner-sourced modules) for core AWS Services, Testing frameworks/tooling and expanded automated testing options for builder pipelines, Clear documentation, usage guides, and best practices for IaC and related platform topics
Research, recommend, and implement IaC strategy improvements that reduce risk and increase productivity, including: Continued evolution of enterprise IaC management, Evaluation of comparable IaC approaches and languages (e.g., CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, Pulumi)
Identify opportunities to shift from “everyone writes IaC” to more centralized, automated platform capabilities, improving consistency, security, and time-to-value.
Identify opportunities to use AI to automate tedious workflows and engineering tasks
Streamline use of AWS Services across State Farm

Benefits

Compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!
Potential starting salary range: $120,000-$150,000
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
Annual raise and bonus
Robust health and wellbeing programs
State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium
Multiple healthcare plan options, including a high-deductible plan
All medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care
Access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals, and much more!
Educational benefits like industry leading training programs, top-notch tuition assistance programs, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
Fertility/IVF/adoption assistance
College coaching
National discount programs
Interactive monthly financial workshops
Free financial coaching
Ability to start a savings account or consider financing through our State Farm Federal Credit Union!
Generous time off policies
Opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave
Paid holidays
Celebration day
Life leave (40 hours/year)
Bereavement leave
Community service/education support days
Matching Gift Program
Good Neighbor Grant Program
Employee Assistance Fund
Free financial advisors
401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.