Professional Remote Mixing Engineer Jobs in Illinois

Overview

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.

REMOTE: Qualified candidates (outside of hub locations listed below) may be considered for remote work arrangements based on where a candidate currently resides or is currently located.

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.
HUB LOCATIONS: Dunwoody, GA; Richardson, TX; Tempe, AZ; or Bloomington, IL

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.

Responsibilities

The Data Engineering organization builds and operates the trusted data platforms, pipelines, and services that power analytics, reporting, operational processes, and data-driven decision-making across the company.

As a Staff Technology Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for designing scalable data solutions, establishing engineering standards, and guiding complex initiatives from strategy through production. You will collaborate with engineers, architects, product partners, analysts, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into secure, reliable, and maintainable data capabilities. You will also mentor engineers, influence the technical roadmap, and improve engineering practices across teams.

This role offers the opportunity to solve high-impact data challenges, shape the future of our data ecosystem, and influence technology decisions across the organization. Your contributions will help make data easier to discover, trust, govern, and use while improving the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our platforms.

Qualifications

We Are Seeking Candidates With:

• Data engineering expertise: Demonstrated experience designing and building scalable data pipelines, data platforms, and batch or real-time processing solutions.
• Technical architecture and systems thinking: Ability to lead solution design, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and create secure, resilient, maintainable architectures across complex systems.
• Strong software engineering practices: Advanced proficiency with relevant programming and data technologies—such as Python, SQL, cloud services, distributed processing, APIs, testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Technical leadership and influence: Proven ability to lead complex, cross-team initiatives, establish engineering standards, mentor other engineers, and influence decisions without relying on direct authority.
• Communication and business partnership: Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong Databricks expertise and experience supporting digital marketing use cases.

Our Benefits

Because work-life balance is a priority at State Farm, compensation is based on our standard 38:45-hour work week!

• Potential yearly incentive pay up to 20% of base salary

• For Los Angeles candidates: Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories.
• For San Francisco candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• For Colorado, Hawaii and Washington State candidates:  Salary Range: $166,650 - $269,500
• For California, New York, and CT candidates: Potential salary range: $189,375-$306,250

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!

Qualifications:

We Are Seeking Candidates With:

• Data engineering expertise: Demonstrated experience designing and building scalable data pipelines, data platforms, and batch or real-time processing solutions.
• Technical architecture and systems thinking: Ability to lead solution design, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and create secure, resilient, maintainable architectures across complex systems.
• Strong software engineering practices: Advanced proficiency with relevant programming and data technologies—such as Python, SQL, cloud services, distributed processing, APIs, testing, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.
• Technical leadership and influence: Proven ability to lead complex, cross-team initiatives, establish engineering standards, mentor other engineers, and influence decisions without relying on direct authority.
• Communication and business partnership: Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and communicate complex concepts clearly to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
• Strong Databricks expertise and experience supporting digital marketing use cases.

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