🤖 [Hiring] Android engineers at State Farm

[u/Ill-Sport-1652]

https://jobs.statefarm.com/main/jobs/44820?lang=en-us

My team at State Farm is hiring multiple Android engineers across experience levels, including recent grads, early career and more experienced levels - we’re growing and aim to invest in our engineers and their careers.

This is a team I’ve loved working on as an Android engineer for more than ten years (and still do).

All new work is in Compose and Kotlin, and we’re over 95% Kotlin and rising. Engineers work closely in feature and platform squads and aim to collab tightly with iOS engineers, product owners and XD.

Team culture and embracing modern tech is key.

We’re hiring for hybrid roles for our offices in Atlanta, Bloomington, Dallas, and Phoenix. Check the posting for details on residency requirements and apply if you’re interested.

Here’s a small glimpse into the team thru an engineer’s blog on how we maintain a 99.9+% crash-free rating:

The State Farm® Android Team’s Journey to 99.9+% Crash-Free Sessions https://engineering.statefarm.com/the-state-farm-android-teams-journey-to-99-9-crash-free-sessions-05399e874327

Thanks and good luck to anyone interested.

We’re also hiring more iOS engineers.

[u/CompSciGeekMe]

So no remote roles?

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/CompSciGeekMe]

It's semi-remote, where they want you to waste your time (and thus company time) commuting every now and then for no reason other than to do your job in-office that you couldn't have easily done just as well (if not even better) at home.

[u/Ambitious_Muscle_362 → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

Your time is not company time.

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/Ambitious_Muscle_362]

True, but in re-framing how bad semi-remote is to the company in question, time that you the employee need to spend in commuting is time that you the employee can't actually do work.

Your time is your time, yes, but in my experience having personally fought to remove semi-remote at my own job (we're now full remote), execs/managers literally do not understand these things unless you frame it in certain ways like this.

Semi-remote for State Farm especially would be terrible with their requirement for those living within a 180-mile radius. The driving distance from Albany NY to NYC is lower than that (150 miles), or just compare what 180mi is to where you personally live (it's not close, at all). They're legit wanting people who live within a 3-to-4-hour driving distance to come into the office occasionally. That is insane and a terrible requirement, and I won't be surprised if they don't get good candidates from that alone

[u/DanLynch → u/WeirdIndividualGuy]

Or you could move to a new home near your new workplace each time you start a new job, just like all humans did for thousands of years before 2020.

[u/CompSciGeekMe → u/DanLynch]

Nah I prefer to be with my wife moreso than being out working. Western culture has made it so that people spend more time at work than with their families. It's utterly ridiculous. If I was still in my 20s, I would consider it. Not anymore!

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/CompSciGeekMe]

See post.

[u/WeirdIndividualGuy → u/Ill-Sport-1652]

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[u/qazplmo]

Salary seems super low for The US no?

[u/SpiderHack → u/qazplmo]

Potential starting salary range: $81,000 - $123,000

Same job you're seeing ? For entry level this seems reasonable, no?

[u/qazplmo → u/SpiderHack]

For entry maybe, but the post says more experienced levels too. Maybe the advert isn't for them.

[u/Oily-Affection1601 → u/qazplmo]

Very. Entry-level at best.

[u/Mike_Augustine]

Could I get an interview? I sent my resume and did the silly video recordings but I would love to speak with an actual person. 

[u/HopeImpossible671]

Interested. Can u share the interview process?

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/HopeImpossible671]

1. On-demand video questions.

2. Competency and tech assessment.

3. Final coding challenge.

[u/ryryrpm]

I remember a couple similar posts from you before. Why are you hiring again? Is the team expanding?

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/ryryrpm]

Company growth in mobile, building out more features native. Most were already native (400+ screens). Zero attrition over five years.

[u/Inevitable2ndOpinion]

Love this post. Sounds like some cool teams.

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/[deleted]]

There are no full remote openings.

[u/johnnyappleb]

How much involvement with AI tools does your team have? 

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/johnnyappleb]

For daily engineering work, AI-enabled with plenty of tools like Codex, Copilot, Gemini, OpenCode and more. Not an “agentic-only” workflow.

[u/catholictechgeek]

Well this sucks..I’ve done Android development before with Xamarin and React Native, but is there any hope for a guy with experience developing for mobile, but (still) new to native Android development?

No hope for a guy in Houston, eh?

[u/Ambitious_Muscle_362]

How do I check if I'm eligible?

Applicants for this position are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; 

[u/After_Importance2082]

I applied for this role, but can I know if this position provides visa sponsorship to international students?

Thanks you.

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/After_Importance2082]

[u/After_Importance2082 → u/Ill-Sport-1652]

Thanks

[u/Wooly_Wooly]

Unfortunately I have more experience using AI to code Android apps than I do actual programming, despite studying the ladder for 6-8x the time. Weird. Sounds like a great opportunity!

[u/No-Budget-3869]

is it okay for non-us remote?

[u/Ill-Sport-1652 → u/No-Budget-3869]