Lead Software Engineer/Software Engineer - Marketing

About the role

State Farm is evolving into a Next Gen Good Neighbor, leveraging technology to strengthen human connections and enhance customer experiences. As a Software Engineer on the Campaign Operations team within the Marketing Technology Suite, you will build and evolve platforms that enable, orchestrate, and fulfill marketing campaigns. This role involves designing, developing, testing, deploying, and supporting cloud-based applications, event-driven services, and data pipelines that power critical marketing operations. You will collaborate with engineers, analysts, architects, and business partners to solve problems and improve the speed, quality, reliability, and cost efficiency of marketing operations.

Hybrid work arrangement: Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations) should plan to work from home and in the office. Hub locations include Dunwoody, GA; Richardson, TX; Tempe, AZ; or Bloomington, IL. Applicants must reside within a 180-mile radius of these hubs.

Sponsorship: Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor work authorization for this role.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support enterprise applications and data-processing solutions for marketing campaign platforms.
• Build cloud-native applications, event-driven services, and ETL or batch-processing workflows using AWS technologies.
• Develop software using Python and/or Java.
• Develop and support containerized applications on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS or similar platforms.
• Apply automated testing, code quality, security, and CI/CD practices.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, architects, and business partners to translate business needs into maintainable technical solutions.
• Investigate technical issues and implement durable solutions.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, deployments, and production-readiness activities.
• Communicate progress, risks, dependencies, and technical trade-offs.
• At the Lead level, provide technical direction, mentor engineers, and help improve engineering practices.

This team builds capabilities that connect customer signals, campaign platforms, marketing channels, decisioning systems, and fulfillment destinations through scalable and resilient integration patterns. The technology landscape includes serverless AWS services, containerized applications on Red Hat OpenShift Service (ROSA) on AWS, event-driven and batch data processing, AWS data services, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and automated delivery pipelines (GitLab CI).

Qualifications

• Software development experience using Python and/or Java.
• Experience designing, developing, testing, deploying, or supporting enterprise applications and data-processing solutions.
• Experience building cloud-native and event-driven applications using AWS services such as Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge, DynamoDB, SES, or AWS Glue.
• Experience with container platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS, OpenShift, or Kubernetes.
• Experience with automated testing, code quality, version control, security, and CI/CD practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps delivery environments.
• Experience building ETL, batch-processing, or data-processing workflows is beneficial.
• Experience with GitLab and GitLab CI/CD is beneficial.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Codex is beneficial.

Lead-Level Qualifications

• Experience leading the design and delivery of complex software solutions.
• Advanced experience with AWS and event-driven architecture.
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into practical technical solutions.
• Experience providing technical direction through design and code reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and improve team practices.
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions, risks, and trade-offs across technical and business teams.

Pay

Potential starting salary range: $97,000 - $150,000. Starting salary will be based on skills, background, and experience. The high end of the range is limited to applicants with significant relevant experience. Potential yearly incentive pay is up to 15% of base salary.

Benefits

• Compensation: Competitive pay with annual raises and bonus eligibility.
• Health and Wellbeing:
  • State Farm pays most healthcare premiums; multiple plan options, including a high-deductible plan.
  • 100% coverage for in-network preventative care.
  • Access to vision, dental, telemedicine, and 24/7 mental health professionals.
• Development and Growth:
  • Industry-leading training programs and tuition assistance.
  • Employee resource groups and mentoring.
• Financial Planning:
  • Fertility/IVF/adoption assistance, college coaching, and national discount programs.
  • Interactive monthly financial workshops and free financial coaching.
  • State Farm Federal Credit Union for savings and financing.
• Time Off:
  • Generous time off policies, including 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.
• Giving Back:
  • Matching Gift Program, Good Neighbor Grant Program, and Employee Assistance Fund.
• Retirement:
  • 401(k) plan with company contributions of up to 7% of salary.
  • Free financial advisors.