Software Engineer/Lead Software Engineer (Temporal)

State Farm•Dunwoody, GA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. We're moving with urgency to become a Next Gen Good Neighbor, with technology that strengthens human connections and enhances the customer experience. As an employee, you'll spend less time navigating systems and more time applying judgment, empathy, and expertise in the moments that most matter. 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, Dallas TX, Atlanta GA, 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. Grow Your Skills, Grow Your Potential

Requirements

Experience developing software using one of the following: Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or another modern programming language.
Understanding of object-oriented design, distributed systems, and API development.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
Familiarity with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Temporal, Camunda, AWS Step Functions, Azure Durable Functions, or other workflow orchestration technologies.
Experience building or supporting platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications.
Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.
Understanding of resiliency patterns including retries, circuit breakers, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
Experience implementing secure software development practices.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain reusable platform services and capabilities built on Temporal Cloud.
Develop SDKs, libraries, templates, and reference implementations that simplify adoption of the Temporal platform.
Partner with application teams to design reliable, long-running workflows and integrate existing applications with Temporal.
Build automation that improves developer productivity, platform reliability, and operational efficiency.
Design and implement observability solutions, including metrics, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing.
Help establish enterprise standards, best practices, and governance for workflow development.
Collaborate with cloud engineering, security, architecture, and product teams to deliver secure, scalable platform capabilities.
Investigate production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements.
Contribute to platform roadmaps, technical documentation, and developer education.

Benefits

Compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week
Potential starting salary range: $110,000 - $140,000
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
Industry leading training programs
Top-notch tuition assistance programs
Employee resource groups
Mentoring
Fertility/IVF/adoption assistance
College coaching
National discount programs
Interactive monthly financial workshops
Free financial coaching
State Farm Federal Credit Union
Generous time off policies
Opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually
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