Software Engineer/Lead Software Engineer

State Farm•Bloomington, IL

5h•$110,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

State Farm is seeking an experienced Software Engineer for their Delivery Engineering team within the Product Delivery Experience. The role focuses on automation, empowering product teams, and advancing engineering expertise. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of containerization technologies, including building, deploying, and managing containers and images using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, ROSA, JFrog, and ArgoCD. Experience and enthusiasm for developing and maintaining container images at an enterprise scale are essential. The company emphasizes being good neighbors, helping people, investing in communities, and making the world a better place. This is a hybrid role, requiring candidates to live within a 180-mile radius of Bloomington, IL; Richardson, TX; or Tempe, AZ, and to work both from home and in the office. Applicants must be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately, as employer sponsorship for U.S. work authorization is not available for this opportunity.

Requirements

Experienced Software Engineer passionate about automation, empowering product teams, and advancing engineering expertise
Strong technical skills
Demonstrate soft skills that contribute positively to a collaborative team environment
Deep understanding of containerization technologies, including building, deploying, and managing containers and images using tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, ROSA, JFrog, and ArgoCD
Experience and enthusiasm for developing and maintaining container images at an enterprise scale
Proven experience building, deploying, and managing containerized solutions, including multi-architecture (ARM/AMD) builds
Strong knowledge of container orchestration and management platforms such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, and OpenShift (ROSA)
Familiarity with container security best practices and threat modeling
Understanding of container networking, storage concepts, and artifact management with tools like JFrog
Experience with container registries and image management in cloud environments, including AWS (EKS, RDS, Route 53, ROSA) and infrastructure as code tools like Terraform
Proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and scripting languages like Bash for automation
Expertise in GitLab/GitHub workflows and CI/CD best practices aligned with DevOps and GitOps methodologies

Responsibilities

Play a critical role in shaping the future of container technologies within State Farm’s Delivery Engineering team
Apply modern coding, testing, security, DevOps, and software engineering best practices to develop and maintain applications that support evolving business needs
Analyze customer technical requirements, propose solutions, and design implementation and integration plans
Lead the analysis, design, deployment, support, and security of technology solutions to ensure efficient management of technology and data assets in accordance with industry best practices and regulatory standards
Embrace a DevOps and Agile mindset, taking ownership of products throughout their lifecycle, from inception to sunset
Apply user experience principles to improve product usability and enhance customer interaction
Leverage advanced computer science concepts and automated software change models using tools such as git and GitLab to accelerate time to market
Enhance observability and auditability of solutions by utilizing event logging and monitoring platforms like DataDog, Splunk, Dynatrace, and Grafana
Provide engineering mentorship to improve team workflows and collaboration
Continuously advance the automated software deployment lifecycle by implementing enterprise-grade capabilities such as feature flags, and blue/green, canary, and smoke deployments

Benefits

Compensation based on a standard 38:45-hour work week
Potential starting salary range: $110,000 - $130,000
Starting salary 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
Savings account or financing through 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 for retirement planning
401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary