New Grad Software Engineer Jobs in Normal, IL (NOW HIRING)

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.

Design, develop, test, and support enterprise resiliency and recovery automation solutions. Build self-service applications, APIs, integrations, and workflow automation that reduce manual coordination, improve data quality, and enable consistent adoption of disaster recovery, business continuity, and recovery exercise activities in both cloud and on premises/hybrid environments.

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and engineering standards and implement integrations with enterprise platforms and operational tooling (e.g., AWS, Google, Azure, and on premises). Create dashboards and analytics for recovery readiness, exercise performance, compliance status, and resiliency metrics, while ensuring systems are secure, reliable, and observable through strong collaboration with product owners and technical stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and support enterprise resiliency and recovery automation solutions.
• Build self-service applications, APIs, integrations, and workflow automation to simplify disaster recovery, business continuity, and recovery exercise activities.
• Reduce manual coordination, improve data quality, and drive consistent adoption of resiliency processes across the organization.
• Implement integrations with enterprise platforms (AWS, Google, Azure, and on-premises), monitoring tools, cloud services, and workflow systems.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, engineering standards, and operational support practices.
• Create dashboards, reporting capabilities, and analytics to provide visibility into recovery readiness, exercise performance, compliance status, and operational resiliency metrics.
• Partner with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders to translate business/operational requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Deliver event-driven and API-first solutions that enable automation, integrations, and intelligent workflow capabilities.
• Ensure solutions are secure, reliable, observable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and resiliency objectives.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, operational support, and continuous improvement activities.

What Success Looks Like

• Deliver high-quality software that makes resiliency activities easier to perform, easier to measure, and easier to sustain at enterprise scale.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and supporting software applications, platforms, or internal developer tools.
• Strong software engineering skills and a passion for solving complex problems through automation.
• Experience building APIs, integrations, workflow automation, or self-service solutions.
• Ability to translate operational or business processes into scalable, user-friendly software products.
• Experience working in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid technology environments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with technical and business partners.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and contribute to shared engineering goals.

Additional Beneficial Experience

• Java, Go, Angular, React, TypeScript, or other modern development technologies.
• CI/CD, platform engineering, DevOps practices; Kubernetes/OpenShift/ROSA, etc.
• Event-driven architectures, enterprise integrations, or workflow orchestration.
• Dashboarding, observability, reporting, or operational analytics solutions.
• Disaster recovery, business continuity, resiliency engineering, or SRE.
• ServiceNow integrations, cloud platforms, or enterprise operational tooling.
• AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, or emerging technology experience.

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: $90,000 - $120,000
• 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!

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and support enterprise resiliency and recovery automation solutions.
• Build self-service applications, APIs, integrations, and workflow automation to simplify disaster recovery, business continuity, and recovery exercise activities.
• Reduce manual coordination, improve data quality, and drive consistent adoption of resiliency processes across the organization.
• Implement integrations with enterprise platforms (AWS, Google, Azure, and on-premises), monitoring tools, cloud services, and workflow systems.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, engineering standards, and operational support practices.
• Create dashboards, reporting capabilities, and analytics to provide visibility into recovery readiness, exercise performance, compliance status, and operational resiliency metrics.
• Partner with product owners, engineers, and stakeholders to translate business/operational requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.
• Deliver event-driven and API-first solutions that enable automation, integrations, and intelligent workflow capabilities.
• Ensure solutions are secure, reliable, observable, and aligned with enterprise architecture and resiliency objectives.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, operational support, and continuous improvement activities.

What Success Looks Like

• Deliver high-quality software that makes resiliency activities easier to perform, easier to measure, and easier to sustain at enterprise scale.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and supporting software applications, platforms, or internal developer tools.
• Strong software engineering skills and a passion for solving complex problems through automation.
• Experience building APIs, integrations, workflow automation, or self-service solutions.
• Ability to translate operational or business processes into scalable, user-friendly software products.
• Experience working in cloud, on-premises, or hybrid technology environments.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with technical and business partners.
• Ability to work effectively within a team and contribute to shared engineering goals.

Additional Beneficial Experience

• Java, Go, Angular, React, TypeScript, or other modern development technologies.
• CI/CD, platform engineering, DevOps practices; Kubernetes/OpenShift/ROSA, etc.
• Event-driven architectures, enterprise integrations, or workflow orchestration.
• Dashboarding, observability, reporting, or operational analytics solutions.
• Disaster recovery, business continuity, resiliency engineering, or SRE.
• ServiceNow integrations, cloud platforms, or enterprise operational tooling.
• AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, or emerging technology experience.