Lead Software Engineer

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.

State Farm is looking for two experienced Lead Software Engineers to develop our internal Ada platform's developer portal. The Portal gives engineers a guided way to request, view, and manage the services and resources they need to build software. These software engineers will build and support that experience, from the user interface through the Portal API’s connection to the Kubernetes control plane.

You’ll work closely with the Experience Orchestration team. They primarily define the platform’s resource APIs and operate Crossplane and KRM; our team builds the Portal and its golden paths, captures the information those APIs need, and helps users understand what happens after a request is submitted.

What you’ll do

• Build and improve the Portal’s guided workflows for workspaces, services, deployables, and other platform capabilities.
• Develop accessible, responsive interfaces that make complex provisioning choices clear to engineers.
• Build and support Portal APIs that validate requests, commit the resource values needed by the control plane, and present provisioning status and errors.
• Work with Experience Orchestration to turn resource definitions into usable workflows and troubleshoot issues across the Portal and control plane.
• Occasionally help author or update XRDs, CRDs, or controllers when a platform capability needs that contribution.
• Test, document, and support the features you deliver.

What you bring

• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes and Kubernetes Resource Management, including custom resources, schemas, permissions, and desired versus observed state.
• UI/UX development experience with Angular or a comparable modern framework.
• Experience building or integrating APIs and independently delivering tested software features.
• Ability to diagnose problems across application code, GitOps workflows, and Kubernetes resources.
• A practical interest in making platform capabilities understandable and useful to other engineers.

Strongly preferred

• Experience developing in Go.
• Angular and TypeScript experience.
• Experience with Crossplane, XRDs, CRDs, Kubernetes controllers, or controller-runtime.
• Familiarity with GitOps, Argo CD, accessibility practices, and automated UI and API testing.

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: $130,000 - $180,000
• 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!