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Thrivent · 7 hours ago

Staff Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$126K/yr - $171K/yr

10+ years exp

Thrivent is a company focused on helping people thrive with purpose, and they are seeking a Staff Engineer to join their dynamic team. The role involves transforming and integrating complex brokerage and financial data across Thrivent’s digital ecosystem, requiring deep expertise in data engineering and collaboration with various teams to drive enhancements and ensure scalable solutions.

FinanceFinancial ExchangesFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Apply expert industry knowledge and broad understanding of multiple disciplines with technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers

Ability to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align to the broader software engineering strategy

Design systems and software integration patterns across a diverse software engineering ecosystem. These patterns should align to high level engineering goals and business initiatives

Use independent, critical thinking to solve complex problems which are significant to the customer. Uses application and system data, as well as past experiences to inform decision making

Leader in technical expertise; Develops most architecturally impactful components of solutions

Lead to identify, incorporate and define development frameworks and libraries useful to the product

Seek out industry and technology knowledge along with best practices to share with the team

Coordinate design and integration of the entire system including subsystems. Research and recommend technology to improve the current systems

Participate in team’s collaboration session to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team

Participate in product planning and implementation. Helps product owner to create technical user stories as required/needed

Contribute to detailed application specifications, standards, and diagrams and develop coding standards / best practices

Broker solution design and implementation across product teams to achieve outcomes

Contribute to overall systems design which involves multiple teams, research and provide customization or development recommendations, and implement accordingly

Act as an SME to provide over all operations and support processes to build resilient systems for the enterprise

Lead the design of critical path/technology for the product group. Contribute to innovative solutions that align to strategic objectives for the customer

Provide platform technology expertise to teams within product group as well as interdependent teams across the organization

Help to define the technology / tools roadmap along with the product owner for the team

Partner with the engineering community inside and outside Thrivent in establishing best practices

Share engineering standards across internal teams and collaborate to help software engineers apply these patterns to build solutions that achieve outcomes

Lead the resolution of critical incidents and provides leadership in proactively addressing product issues

Continuously assessing technology to build more stable, scalable, and resilient software

Promote and expand on the use of the CI/CD pipeline to improve the deployment and build process

Lead the evaluation process for software solutions - advising on strengths and weaknesses of the external software

Provide a summary of how a tool impacts business processes and goals

Contribute in criteria’s for selecting the right platforms and software for the product team

Provide guidance and reinforcement around established engineering best practices

Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers of varying levels inside the product group

Provide trainings and demos to address knowledge gaps with in the team

Engage in the tech community to build the Thrivent technology brand and position as the employer of choice in the market

Participate in the interview process or be part of the panel to recruit the right talent to the team

Take part in the Talent Captain role for the product group. This person also leads in how we interview

Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable

Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients. Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients

Qualification

AWSPythonJavaData EngineeringAPIsETL ToolsFinancial IntegrationAgileDevOpsCoachingCommunicationProblem Solving

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience

10+ years of experience in engineering environments, taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver

Experience architecting software solutions with requirements such as performance SLOs, high availability, reliability, security, etc

Understand data and system integration patterns and technologies

Proficiency in managing large scale projects

Ability to articulate and transfer complex ideas to a wide audience through both verbal and written communication

Strong conceptual, critical thinking, technical and problem-solving skills with good attention to details

Must be articulate and have the ability to meet with high level management to present and/or deliver technical documentation

Preferred

Master's degree in a related field

Financial Services industry experience

Coach / mentor other team members as appropriate

Benefits

Various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health savings account

Flexible spending account

401k

Pension

Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance

Disability insurance

Supplemental protection insurance

20 days of Paid Time Off each year

Sick and Safe Time

10 paid company holidays

Volunteer Time Off

Paid parental leave

EAP

Well-being benefits

Other employee benefits

Company

Thrivent

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Thrivent is a financial services organization that helps Christians be wise with money and live generously.

Founded in 1902

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.thrivent.com

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