Software Engineer/Lead Software Engineer (Temporal)

• Experience developing software using one of the following: Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, or another modern programming language.
• Understanding of object-oriented design, distributed systems, and API development.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience with Temporal, Camunda, AWS Step Functions, Azure Durable Functions, or other workflow orchestration technologies.
• Experience building or supporting platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications.
• Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
• Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.
• Understanding of resiliency patterns including retries, circuit breakers, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• Experience implementing secure software development practices.

Successful engineers on this team:

• Build reusable platform capabilities that enable hundreds of developers.
• Improve the reliability and resiliency of enterprise workflows.
• Reduce the complexity of distributed application development.
• Create excellent developer experiences through automation, documentation, and self-service capabilities.
• Partner effectively across engineering organizations to drive adoption of the Temporal platform.

This is an opportunity to help establish a new enterprise platform that will become a foundational component of State Farm's next-generation application ecosystem.

You'll work on challenging distributed systems problems while enabling engineering teams across the enterprise to build more reliable, scalable, and resilient applications.

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: $110,000 - $140,000
• 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!