Lead Software Engineer

Information Technology Senior Management Forum; Bloomington (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual raise and bonus

Healthcare premium coverage

Tuition assistance and educational ben

Retirement plan with company match

Generous time off and holidays

Job summary

State Farm is hiring a Lead Platform Engineer for a hybrid role in Bloomington, IL. You will design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines across the full SDLC with deep hands-on GitLab/GitHub Actions expertise, and you will embed security, quality, and compliance into delivery while collaborating with security, SRE, QA, product, and release teams.

You will connect delivery events to operational tools, document platform standards and runbooks, troubleshoot failures, and mentor engineers

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in Gitlab/GitHub/GitHub Actions (branch protection, PR workflows, required checks, runners, reusable/composite workflows, release automation, and governance).
• Establish Enterprise level reusable pipeline templates and workflow standards, integrate infrastructure-as-code and declarative YAML configurations, and support secure, reliable deployments across environments (dev/test/staging/prod and ephemeral previews), including containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Embed security, quality, and compliance into delivery through secrets management, least-privilege access, audit logging, supply-chain protections (SBOMs, artifact signing, provenance), and security scanning/policy-as-code—while partnering smoothly with security teams.
• Connect delivery events to operational and planning tools (Slack notifications/approvals/incident alerts and Jira traceability), document platform standards and runbooks, troubleshoot and debug pipeline/deployment failures, and translate platform engineering work into measurable business and delivery impact by collaborating closely with application engineers, SREs, QA, product, and release management.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines across the full SDLC.
• Deep hands-on expertise in Gitlab/GitHub/GitHub Actions (branch protection, PR workflows, required checks, runners, reusable/composite workflows, release automation, and governance).
• Establish enterprise-level reusable pipeline templates and workflow standards, integrate infrastructure-as-code and declarative YAML configurations, and support secure deployments across environments (dev/test/staging/prod and ephemeral previews).
• Collaborate with security teams to embed security, quality, and compliance into delivery.
• Connect delivery events to Slack, Jira and other tooling; document platform standards and runbooks; mentor engineers; measure and improve delivery outcomes.

Skills

Go

JavaScript/TypeScript (Back-end)

AWS (ROSA)

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

KRM

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Runners

GitHub Workflows

CI/CD best practices

GH Actions and Runners

Kubernetes templating

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab

GitHub

Job description

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 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: Bloomington, IL; Richardson, TX; Atlanta, GA; or Tempe, AZ

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

As a Lead Platform Engineer, you will design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and developer delivery workflows across the full SDLC, with deep hands-on expertise in Gitlab/GitHub/GitHub Actions (branch protection, PR workflows, required checks, runners, reusable/composite workflows, release automation, and governance). You will establish Enterprise level reusable pipeline templates and workflow standards, integrate infrastructure-as-code and declarative YAML configurations, and support secure, reliable deployments across environments (dev/test/staging/prod and **ephemeral previews**), including containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. A core responsibility is to embed security, quality, and compliance into delivery through secrets management, least-privilege access, audit logging, supply-chain protections (SBOMs, artifact signing, provenance), and security scanning/policy-as-code—while partnering smoothly with security teams. You will also connect delivery events to operational and planning tools (Slack notifications/approvals/incident alerts and Jira traceability), document platform standards and runbooks, troubleshoot and debug pipeline/deployment failures, and translate platform engineering work into measurable business and delivery impact by collaborating closely with application engineers, SREs, QA, product, and release management.?

Qualifications

• Go, JavaScript/TypeScript (Back-end)
• AWS (ROSA), Terraform (Our infrastructure)
• Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, KRM
• GitLab and CI/CD best practices
• GitHub, GitHub CICD with GH Actions and Runners, GH Workflows and automation
• Kubernetes compositions and templating

Senior-Level Differentiators

• Experience defining CI/CD platform strategy across an engineering organization (Well Architected Frameworks and Enterprise Software Change Management Standards)
• Ability to measure and improve developer productivity, deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and MTTR
• Experience building self-service developer platforms or paved-road/golden path delivery workflows and experiences
• Strong judgment around standardization versus team autonomy
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive adoption of engineering best practices across teams

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.