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. Come join a #1 team and do some good!
HYBRID 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: Richardson, TX**
**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
Responsibilities
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.
Qualifications
In this role, you will:
- 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:
- Research, recommend, and implement IaC strategy improvements that reduce risk and increase productivity, including:
- 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
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.
Applicants with the following would be an excellent fit for this position:
- 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.
Desired Skills (not all required):
- 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.
Our Benefits
Because work-life balance is a priority at State Farm, 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
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!