Remote Software Engineer Jobs in Kennesaw, GA (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, Dallas 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.

As a Software Engineer on the Temporal Platform team, you will help build, operate, and evolve State Farm's enterprise workflow orchestration platform using Temporal Cloud. You will develop reusable platform capabilities, SDKs, automation, and integrations that enable product teams to build resilient, scalable, and observable business workflows while following enterprise security and engineering standards.

This role combines software engineering, platform engineering, cloud technologies, and DevOps practices to improve developer experience and accelerate delivery across the enterprise.

• Design, develop, and maintain reusable platform services and capabilities built on Temporal Cloud.
• Develop SDKs, libraries, templates, and reference implementations that simplify adoption of the Temporal platform.
• Partner with application teams to design reliable, long-running workflows and integrate existing applications with Temporal.
• Build automation that improves developer productivity, platform reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Design and implement observability solutions, including metrics, logging, alerting, and distributed tracing.
• Help establish enterprise standards, best practices, and governance for workflow development.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering, security, architecture, and product teams to deliver secure, scalable platform capabilities.
• Investigate production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement long-term improvements.
• Contribute to platform roadmaps, technical documentation, and developer education.

• Experience developing software using TypeScript, Go, Java, or another modern programming language.
• Experience with Angular or a comparable frontend framework is preferred. 
• Understanding of object-oriented design, distributed systems, and API development.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience building or supporting platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications.
• Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
• Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.
• Understanding of resiliency patterns including retries, circuit breakers, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• Experience implementing secure software development practices.

Successful engineers on this team:

• Build reusable platform capabilities that enable hundreds of developers.
• Improve the reliability and resiliency of enterprise workflows.
• Reduce the complexity of distributed application development.
• Create excellent developer experiences through automation, documentation, and self-service capabilities.
• Partner effectively across engineering organizations to drive adoption of the Temporal platform.

This is an opportunity to help establish a new enterprise platform that will become a foundational component of State Farm's next-generation application ecosystem. You'll work on challenging distributed systems problems while enabling engineering teams across the enterprise to build more reliable, scalable, and resilient applications.

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: $110,000 - $140,000
• 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!

• Experience developing software using TypeScript, Go, Java, or another modern programming language.
• Experience with Angular or a comparable frontend framework is preferred. 
• Understanding of object-oriented design, distributed systems, and API development.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, event-driven architectures, and asynchronous processing.
• Experience using Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Experience building or supporting platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized applications.
• Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk.
• Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Amazon SQS.
• Understanding of resiliency patterns including retries, circuit breakers, idempotency, and eventual consistency.
• Experience implementing secure software development practices.

Successful engineers on this team:

• Build reusable platform capabilities that enable hundreds of developers.
• Improve the reliability and resiliency of enterprise workflows.
• Reduce the complexity of distributed application development.
• Create excellent developer experiences through automation, documentation, and self-service capabilities.
• Partner effectively across engineering organizations to drive adoption of the Temporal platform.

This is an opportunity to help establish a new enterprise platform that will become a foundational component of State Farm's next-generation application ecosystem. You'll work on challenging distributed systems problems while enabling engineering teams across the enterprise to build more reliable, scalable, and resilient applications.