Overview
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 matter most.
Grow Your Skills, Grow Your Potential
Responsibilities
State Farm (Bloomington, IL) seeks a Lead Software Engineer to apply skills, tools, security processes, applications, environments, and programming language(s) to complete complex assignments. Specific duties include: apply advanced engineering practices to design full-stack applications using industry-adopted languages and frameworks; diagnose and resolve complex problems/issues; maintain advanced understanding in software engineering topics, including classes, functions, security, containers, version control, CI/CD, and unit tests; maintain advanced understanding in programming (e.g. Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Microservices), database functionality (e.g. SQL, DB2, PostgreSQL), Public Cloud – (AWS, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, Azure AD), message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ, IBM MQ), DevOps skills (Gitlab CI/CD, Terraform), containers, monitoring tools (e.g. Dynatrace / SPLUNK), API testing tools (JMeter/Postman/ SoapUI), Devops (Docker), ITSM tool (ServiceNow), database management tools (PgAdmin); maintain advanced understanding in legacy compute environments, including but not limited to Linux, Micro-Focus Cobol, JSP, XML, CSS and Mainframe; apply advanced understanding regarding technology trends/changes, best practices, and processes to complete assignments and influence the direction of product solutions; apply advanced understanding of product design, data design, movement and test to ensure quality outcomes; leverage an advanced understanding of the State Farm organizational structure to navigate the organization; provide mentorship, technical guidance, training, and may delegate work to others; take on several simultaneous work stories or focus on a single complex story; understand, support, and help define the vision and direction for the product development; champion and lead others to design and develop for exceptional user experience; have membership and engage with technical groups in the organization, like dev guilds; and leverage inner source best practices to encourage code discoverability and collaboration across the enterprise. Must have AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification. Option to work in a hybrid environment but must live within a 180 mile radius of Bloomington, IL. Required travel to Bloomington, IL headquarters to attend meetings multiple times a quarter.
Qualifications
Position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or a closely related field of study, plus 7 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Technical Consultant Engineer, Consultant, or similar software engineer position in Life Underwriting. Must have 7 years of experience in the following: working with Underwriting in Life Insurance for all product types; programming including, but not limited to, Java, JavaScript, Spring Boot, Microservices, database functionality, including SQL, and DB2, PostgreSQL; Public Cloud (AWS and Pivotal Cloud Foundry), and containers; and working in legacy compute environments, including but not limited to Linux, MicroFocus Cobol, CSS, JSP, XML and Mainframe. Must have at least 2 years of experience working with the following: message brokers (RabbitMQ and IBM MQ), DevOps tools (Gitlab CI/CD and Terraform), monitoring tools (Dynatrace and SPLUNK), DevOps (Docker), ITSM tool (ServiceNow), database management tools (PgAdmin) and API testing tools (JMeter/Postman and SoapUI). Must have AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification. Option to work in a hybrid environment but must live within a 180 mile radius of Bloomington, IL. Required travel to Bloomington, IL headquarters to attend meetings multiple times a quarter. Salary: $150,440/yr.
Full time position. Apply by submitting resumes at https://jobs.statefarm.com/main/jobs, Job ID: 44800L
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Our Benefits
Because work-life balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!
At State Farm, we offer more than just a paycheck. Check out our suite of benefits designed to give you the flexibility you need to take care of you and your family!
- Get Paid! On top of our competitive pay, you are eligible for an annual raise and bonus.
- Stay Well! Focus on you and your family’s health with our robust health and wellbeing programs. State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium, and we offer multiple healthcare plan options, including a high deductible plan. All medical plans provide 100% coverage for in-network preventative care, AND you and your family have access to vision, dental, telemedicine, 24/7 mental health professionals, and much more!
- Develop and Grow! Take advantage of educational benefits like industry leading training programs, top-notch tuition assistance programs, employee resource groups, and mentoring.
- Plan Ahead! Plan for those big moments in life with benefits like fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, national discount programs, interactive monthly financial workshops, free financial coaching, and more. You can also start a savings account or consider financing through our State Farm Federal Credit Union!
- Take a Little “You” Time! You will have access to our generous time off policies designed so you can plan around holidays, family events, volunteering, or just to take a relaxing day off. With the opportunity to initially earn up to 20 days annually plus parental leave, paid holidays, celebration day, life leave (40 hours/year), bereavement leave, and community service/education support days, there will be plenty of time for you!
- Give Back! We offer several ways to give back through our Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and the Employee Assistance Fund.
- Finish Strong! Plan for retirement using free financial advisors and a 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary.
Visit our **State Farm Careers** page for more information on our **benefits**, **locations**, and the **hiring process** of joining the State Farm team!