Lead Software Engineer

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! 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!

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Responsibilities

State Farm (Bloomington IL) seeks a Lead Software Engineer to modernize State Farm’s policy administration system utilizing Guidewire’s Policy Center and AWS cloud solutions. Specific duties include: apply advanced engineering practices to design full-stack applications using industry-adopted languages and frameworks; diagnose and resolve complex problems/issues; provide mentorship, technical guidance, training, and may delegate work to others; 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), and database functionality (e.g. SQL, Non-SQL); maintain advanced understanding in compute environments, including but not limited to Linux, Hadoop, Mainframe, Public Cloud, and containers; 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 and 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; and have membership and engage with technical groups in the organization, like dev guilds. Must have the following certifications: Guidewire Certified Insurance Suite 10.0 Integration Ace, Guidewire Certified Insurance Suite 10.0 Integration Specialist, Guidewire Certified PolicyCenter 10.0 Configuration Specialist. Must take and pass Java coding test. Occasional travel once per month to Bloomington IL for performance meetings, team meetings, or planning required. Option to work remotely with required quarterly travel to local offices as needed, if within 180 miles of remote worksite.

Qualifications

Position requires a Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field of study, plus 8 years of experience in the job offered, or as a Staff Software Engineer, Associate Consultant, Member Delivery Group, Programmer Analyst, or similar Gosu position using Policy Center. Specific experience must include: using programming language(s), including Java, JavaScript, Gosu/Guidewire, AWS, Terraform, and Python, to complete complex assignments; designing full-stack applications using industry-adopted languages and frameworks; working with software engineering topics, including classes, functions, security, containers, version control, CI/CD, and unit tests; working with Java and JavaScript; working with compute environments, including Linux, Hadoop, Mainframe, Public Cloud, and containers; mentoring and providing technical & scripting training to others; designing and developing Application Program Interfaces (APIs), Dynatrace and Splunk dashboard analysis, creation of Maul alerts, and application/product deployment; supporting and servicing of applications deployed to production. Must have the following certifications: Guidewire Certified Insurance Suite 10.0 Integration Ace, Guidewire Certified Insurance Suite 10.0 Integration Specialist, Guidewire Certified PolicyCenter 10.0 Configuration Specialist. Must take and pass Java coding test. Occasional travel once per month to Bloomington, IL for performance meetings, team meetings, or planning required. Option to work remotely with required quarterly travel to local offices as needed, if within 180 miles of remote worksite. Salary: $155,860/yr.

Full time position. Apply by submitting resumes at https://jobs.statefarm.com/main/jobs, Job ID: 39463LI-DNI

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