Software Engineer/Lead Software Engineer

State Farm is seeking a Software Engineer or Lead Software Engineer in Bloomington, IL (onsite) to help modernize and transform platforms that support Property & Casualty claims operations. The role combines full-stack delivery with strong AWS expertise to build scalable, secure, and user-focused solutions that improve customer experience and streamline claims processing for thousands of users.

Responsibilities

• Help transform the platforms that drive Property & Casualty claims operations.
• Work with product teams, architects, and claims operations to design and deliver solutions that are scalable, secure, and user-friendly.
• Improve customer experience while streamlining claim processing to increase operational efficiency.

Required Skills

• Full-stack software development experience, with strong backend/service engineering capabilities.
• Strong proficiency in at least one: Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript/Node.js, or Python, with the ability to work across the others as needed.
• Knowledge of distributed systems concepts, including reliability, failure modes, retries/timeouts, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• AWS experience building and operating solutions, including several of: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB and/or RDS, S3, SNS/SQS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, and IAM.
• Experience designing and maintaining REST APIs, including versioning, backward compatibility, and API contracts.
• Experience with event-driven integration patterns, including queues/topics, DLQs, and replay/backfill considerations.
• Experience with containers and deployment on Kubernetes/OpenShift (ROSA), including deployments, services/ingress, configuration/secrets, and rollout strategies.
• Experience with CI/CD and release management using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar, including safe rollout and rollback strategies.
• Experience using AI-assisted developer tooling (for example, GitHub Copilot) and LLMs to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and other engineering workflows.
• Ability to support production systems, including debugging, log/trace interpretation, incident triage, and cross-team collaboration.
• Strong object-oriented programming (OOP) and service design fundamentals, with the ability to translate operational needs into maintainable designs.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and documentation skills.
• Experience designing, building, or operating custom AI agents, agentic development workflows, or Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers/integrations.
• Observability experience, including CloudWatch and Dynatrace.
• Security/IAM and PII-handling experience, including least privilege, encryption, secrets management, and auditability.
• Legacy modernization and migration experience, including strangler patterns, cutover planning, and migration/backfill strategies.
• Experience supporting single-page applications (SPA) and front-end integration patterns; Angular familiarity is a plus.

Technologies

• Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, Node.js, Python
• AWS: Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, RDS, S3, SNS, SQS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, IAM
• REST APIs
• Kubernetes, OpenShift, ROSA
• GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions
• GitHub Copilot, LLMs
• Dynatrace
• Angular
• Single-page applications (SPA)
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Compensation

• Annual salary range: $110,000 - $140,000
• Potential yearly incentive pay: up to 15% of base salary

Benefits

• Annual raise and bonus
• State Farm pays most of your healthcare premium, plus robust health and wellbeing programs
• 100% coverage for in-network preventative care
• Vision, dental, telemedicine, and 24/7 mental health professionals
• Educational benefits including industry training programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and mentoring
• Fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, national discount programs, interactive monthly financial workshops, and free financial coaching
• Time off designed for planning around holidays and family events, plus paid parental leave and additional leave types (initially up to 20 days annually plus parental leave, paid holidays, celebration day, life leave of 40 hours/year, bereavement leave, and community service/education support days)
• Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and the Employee Assistance Fund
• 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of your salary

Company Overview

State Farm emphasizes being good neighbors by helping people and investing in communities. The company is moving with urgency to become a Next Gen Good Neighbor, using technology to strengthen human connections and enhance the customer experience. Employees spend less time navigating systems and more time applying judgment, empathy, and expertise in key moments.

Work Schedule

• Compensation is based on a standard 38:45-hour work week for work-life balance.