Lead Software Engineer, AWS & Claims Platform

State Farm; Bloomington, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual raise & bonus

Healthcare premium coverage

Tuition assistance

Family & Life planning resources

Job summary

State Farm is seeking a Software Engineer to transform platforms powering P&C claims operations. You will contribute across the stack with a strong AWS focus, REST APIs, and modern deployment practices.

You will collaborate with product teams, architects, and claims operations to deliver scalable, secure solutions that improve customer experience and operational efficiency. The role emphasizes full-stack capabilities, distributed systems, observability, and security with a focus on frontline

Qualifications

• Full-stack development with strong backend/service engineering.
• Proficiency in Java/Spring Boot, TypeScript/Node.js, or Python.
• Understanding of distributed systems: retries, timeouts, idempotency.
• Experience building REST APIs with versioning and contracts.
• Experience with AWS services and CI/CD tooling.
• Experience with SPA front-ends and Angular a plus.
• Security/IAM and PII-handling experience.
• Observability tooling like CloudWatch, Dynatrace.
• Excellent analytical, communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Transform platforms powering Property & Casualty claims operations.
• Collaborate with product teams, architects, and claims ops.
• Design scalable, secure, user-friendly solutions.
• Support production systems with debugging and incident triage.

Skills

Full-stack development

Backend/service engineering

Distributed systems

REST API design

AI tooling awareness

Security/IAM

Observability

Frontend integration patterns

Communication & documentation

Tools

AWS

Lambda

API Gateway

DynamoDB/RDS

S3

CloudWatch

Secrets Manager

IAM

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Dynatrace

Job description

State Farm is seeking a Software Engineer to transform platforms powering P&C claims operations. You will contribute across the stack with a strong AWS focus, REST APIs, and modern deployment practices.

You will collaborate with product teams, architects, and claims operations to deliver scalable, secure solutions that improve customer experience and operational efficiency. The role emphasizes full-stack capabilities, distributed systems, observability, and security with a focus on frontline