Software Engineer / Lead Software Engineer – Enterprise Claims Build Automation & Release Engineering (Gradle, Maven)

State Farm•Dunwoody, GA

25d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Engineer / Lead Software Engineer in Enterprise Technology (ET) Claims, you will join the Enterprise Claim System (ECS) Build team, the team that owns CI/CD pipeline infrastructure, build automation, and release engineering for one of State Farm's largest and most complex applications. ECS spans 40+ product modules across concurrent release streams, compiled and deployed through scheduled full-system builds orchestrated by both a legacy Jenkins cluster and an evolving GitLab CI platform. You will drive the modernization of this ecosystem, migrating Jenkins jobs to GitLab CI pipelines (with GitHub on the long-term horizon), evolving builds from Ant/Maven toward Gradle, and building the shared tooling and automation that keeps hundreds of Claims developers productive.

Requirements

Strong engineering fundamentals (design, secure coding, testing, maintainability) with experience delivering and supporting production build/release systems at scale.
Hands-on CI/CD pipeline development: writing pipeline definitions, designing multi-stage workflows, working with shared runners, and managing pipeline-as-code patterns (not just triggering builds).
Proficiency in shell scripting (Bash) for build automation, comfortable writing scripts that interact with Git, REST APIs, and orchestrate multi-step build processes.
Solid Git workflows: branching strategies, tagging conventions, multi-stream release management, and merge validation.
Unix/Linux command-line fluency; experience with Docker container images for CI environments.
Strong ownership, collaboration, and communication; comfortable working across teams and navigating ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Gradle (Kotlin or Groovy DSL), particularly migrating large Java projects from Ant or Maven.
GitLab CI advanced patterns: parent-child pipelines, shared templates/includes, dynamic variable generation, custom runner configuration, container registry management.
Apache Ant and/or Maven deep knowledge (for maintaining the current estate while migrating forward).
Artifact repository management (JFrog Artifactory or similar): promotion strategies, credential management, retention policies.
Python scripting for build automation and reporting.
GitHub Actions experience (future-state target).
Cloud platforms (AWS): understanding of compute runners, region selection, and cost optimization for CI workloads.
Web development skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) for building internal dashboards and reporting tools.
Observability tools (Splunk, Dynatrace) for pipeline performance monitoring and troubleshooting.
Experience with security scanning tools (Snyk or similar) integrated into CI pipelines.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain GitLab CI pipelines that compile, package, and validate a large-scale Java application across multiple concurrent release streams using shared AWS runners and custom Docker images.
Migrate and retire legacy Jenkins jobs by re-implementing them as modular, reusable GitLab CI pipelines using shared templates and source libraries.
Build and maintain developer-facing utilities such as tagging tools, merge validation, code search, build comparison/diff, version reporting, and code metrics, all delivered as pipeline-triggered automation.
Develop and evolve internal dashboards that provide release teams and developers real-time visibility into build health, queue times, and deployment status.
Manage shared build infrastructure: custom container images, artifact repository integration (JFrog Artifactory), credential management, multi-environment deployment orchestration, and runner configuration.
Automate release operations: branch/tag management across multi-stream releases, version management, configuration-only builds, and externalized configuration.
Drive long-term modernization: evaluate and implement Gradle as a replacement for Ant and Maven build scripts; prepare for eventual migration from GitLab to GitHub, aligned with enterprise technology direction.

Benefits

Compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week
Potential starting salary range: $95,800 - $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
Educational benefits like 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 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