Full Stack Software Engineer - Bloomington, IL

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.
HYBRID: Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations listed below) should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.
Hybrid work arrangement for Enterprise Technology is defined as residing with a 180-mile radius of the Hubs and Corporate.
HUB LOCATIONS: Bloomington, IL
SPONSORSHIP: Applicants 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

This posting is for a software engineer position on State Farm's Sales Service and Assignment Application team (SSAA). We are a full stack development team that operates with an agile mindset in a hybrid work environment.

We provide products and services that provide a common platform to view and manage State Farm Agent and Agent Team Member information from initial hire throughout their career.

We are a “one-stop shop" for viewing and managing State Farm Agent/Agent Team Member, leveraging technology and business process improvements to drive integration and automation, improving accuracy, security, and efficiency for the Enterprise.

We strive to continually enhance our services so that any customers can locate and learn about SF agents in any manner the customer chooses. We are determined to continually improve performance of our services to improve business outcomes, to continually decrease costs by acutely managing our services/environments and to continually evolve our technology stack to offer best in class services to our customers.

At the end of the day, we want to deliver solutions that makes life easier for Agents and our business partners.

Responsibilities
• Design, develop, implement, test, and support products for business areas (creating new or modifying existing applications/tools to meet technical specifications or business needs)
• Provides support for problem resolution and provides technical consultation to business partners
• Identify problems, related technical issues and the approach to long-term, repeatable solutions meeting customer/grantor needs
• Participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, story development, team retrospectives, etc.
• Maintain and continue to develop breadth of knowledge in software engineering topics, including classes, functions, security, containers, version control, CI/CD, and unit tests
• Maintain and continue to develop breadth of knowledge in Cloud related technologies, Lambda (NodeJs/Java), APIGateway, DynamoDB, Postgres
• Maintain and continue to develop breadth of knowledge in programming (e.g., Java, JavaScript), and database functionality (e.g., SQL, Postgres)
• Develop an understanding of user experience best practices and test designs and standards
• Collaborate with business subject matter resources to design and build a solution that meets business requirements
• Ability to learn new technical concepts quickly and share knowledge with the team

Qualifications

We Are Looking for Candidates With
• JavaScript libraries & frameworks, CSS, JSON
• Core Java, J2EE and related frameworks, Spring Boot, REST services
• CI/CD pipelines that leverage tools like Gitlab, and GitOps
• Knowledge of AWS services (S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, etc.)
Nice to have skills/experiences
• Experience designing, architecting and implementing solutions in AWS via automation (e.g. Terraform)
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot or similar technologies) to improve software development productivity, code quality, testing, and documentation.

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: $85,500 - $125,000
• 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!