Lead Software Engineer

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! Khakis optional. . .

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!

Locations: Bloomington, IL | Richardson, TX | Tempe, AZ | Dunwoody, GA

Relocation Benefits: Do Not Apply

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - This is a "Hybrid" position, which means selected candidates will be assigned to a facility and will spend some time working both in office and from their home. Selected candidates will be expected to report to the office once a week.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fun, efficient, and collaborative team working on a modern technology stack! Within this role you will be leading Internal Audit to achieve our goal of becoming a Technology Enabled Audit Operation. Your primary focus will be to modernize, implement, and automate new and existing solutions on AWS using technologies such as Glue, Lambda, Redshift, Athena, Textract, Quicksight, etc. Within this role, you will be responsible to design and lead implementation efforts across a wide range of solutions. You will be partnering with other Software Engineers/Senior Engineers/Engineering Manager within Internal Audit to architect and drive out these solutions on AWS. These solutions will provide our business partners with means to get at enterprise-wide data in an automated fashion and automate different testing tasks to increase effectiveness and efficiency of the audit process. On top of this, you will be working to drive out gen AI use cases. This is a unique opportunity to be embedded within a business area and bring value at a high pace with high visibility. You will be joining a product focused team that operates within the agile framework. If you are seeking to be part of a growing team where you will make a tangible impact, grow your career, and have fun along the way, then this one is for you!

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Partner with team members to architect and implement solutions on AWS to solve numerous business problems
• Lead other software engineers within the team to drive out effective and accurate solutions.
• Work across business areas to understand data across the enterprise.
• Identify ways to automate current data ingestion and analysis practices across the department.
• Translate technical complexities into achievable milestones.
• Execute on complex problems in a fun environment.
• Be a servant leader for the team on software delivery and implementation.

Required Skills:

• Professional experience in software design, implementation, and delivery.
• Extensive skill with Python or other object-oriented languages (Java)
• Thorough knowledge of AWS services including but not limited to Glue, Lambda, S3, Step Functions, RDS, Athena, Redshift, etc.
• Hands on experience writing and deploying AWS infrastructure through Terraform.
• Automated testing experience through frameworks such as PySpark.
• Extensive CI/CD experience with Gitlab or other tools such as Jenkins.
• Advanced SQL experience with complex joins across different datasets and schemas.
• Understanding of agile practices and methodology.
• Ability to articulate technical architecture into objectives and solutions.
• Self-starter who likes to dive into problems and figure complexities out.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with SaaS providers and technical integrations
• Experience building front-end web applications using frameworks such as React and Node.js
• Implementation experience building and integrating with Restful APIs
• Understanding of practical applications for data science capabilities on AWS.
• Basic understanding of Quicksight and capabilities

Additional Information:

Candidates selected for further consideration will be required to complete an interview assignment.

Selected candidate will be required to complete a Background Check.

Competencies:

• Technical/Functional Expertise
• Accountability
• Self-Improvement
• Initiative
• Relationship Building

****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*****

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