Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Bloomington, IL (NOW HIRING)

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Are you interested in building new marketing capabilities that help deliver more targeted, relevant, and impactful communications to customers?
The Campaign Operations team in the Marketing Technology Suite is seeking a Software Engineer to help build and evolve the platforms that enable, orchestrate, and fulfill marketing campaigns.
As an engineer on our team, you will design, develop, test, deploy, and support 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 understand problems, shape practical solutions, and improve the speed, quality, reliability, and cost efficiency of marketing operations.
HYBRID: Qualified candidates (in or near hub locations listed below) should plan to spend time working from home and some time working in the office as part of our hybrid work environment.
Hybrid work arrangement for Enterprise Technology is defined as residing with a 180-mile radius of the Hubs and Corporate.
HUB LOCATIONS: Dunwoody, GA; Richardson, TX; Tempe, AZ; or Bloomington, IL
SPONSORSHIP: Applicants 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.

We are a marketing technology engineering team responsible for the platforms that power marketing campaign delivery—from campaign enablement and orchestration through fulfillment, reporting, and permissions management.
Our team builds capabilities that connect customer signals, campaign platforms, marketing channels, decisioning systems, and fulfillment destinations through scalable and resilient integration patterns.
Our technology landscape includes serverless AWS services, containerized applications running 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).
As the organization expands its digital and data-driven marketing capabilities, our team has a unique opportunity to build the next generation of campaign services that make personalized, omnichannel marketing faster to launch, easier to operate, and more effective for customers and agents.
Why Join Us?
• Build new marketing capabilities that directly improve customer and sales communications.
• Work on high-impact applications, services, and data pipelines used across multiple teams and business workflows.
• See a direct connection between your work and improvements in speed, quality, reliability, cost, and business outcomes.
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.

• 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.
Additional 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.

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: $97,000 - $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.

Visit our State Farm Careers page for more information on our benefits, locations, and the hiring process of joining the State Farm team!

• 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.
Additional 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.