Thrivent

Staff Engineer

Thrivent
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7 months ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+

Base Salary

$126k - $171k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own architectural direction for complex, cross-cutting Wealth Foundations initiatives.
  • Design software systems, integration patterns, frameworks, libraries, application specifications, and engineering standards.
  • Lead API modernization, cloud transformation, platform technology strategy, and critical-path technology decisions.
  • Coordinate system and subsystem design across multiple product and engineering teams.
  • Research and recommend technologies, platforms, tools, and vendor solutions.
  • Lead critical incident resolution and proactively improve software stability, scalability, and resilience.
  • Promote and expand CI/CD use to improve build and deployment processes.
  • Mentor engineers, provide technical training, remove technical roadblocks, and share engineering best practices.
  • Support product planning, technical user stories, recruiting, interviewing, and talent development.
  • Partner with IT leadership, product managers, enterprise architecture, and engineering communities to align technical strategy with business objectives.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or another technical field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 10+ years of experience in engineering environments developing detailed software engineering plans from abstract concepts.
  • Experience architecting software solutions involving performance SLOs, high availability, reliability, and security requirements.
  • Understanding of data and system integration patterns and technologies.
  • Proficiency managing large-scale projects.
  • Strong conceptual, critical-thinking, technical, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to present technical documentation and complex ideas to high-level management and broad audiences.
  • Preferred: master’s degree in a related field.
  • Preferred: financial services industry experience.
  • Ability to coach and mentor other team members.

Benefits

  • Annual or long-term incentive bonuses may be offered.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance may be offered.
  • Health savings and flexible spending accounts may be offered.
  • 401(k), pension, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, and supplemental protection insurance may be offered.
  • 20 days of paid time off, sick and safe time, 10 paid company holidays, and volunteer time off may be offered.
  • Paid parental leave, an employee assistance program, and well-being benefits may be offered.
  • The role is listed as remote.
  • This is a full-time position.

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About Thrivent

5,001-10,000 employees

Thrivent provides financial advice, insurance, investment products, and banking services to individuals and families through a network of financial advisors and digital tools. The Fortune 500, privately held organization traces its roots to 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN; it serves more than 2 million clients and runs donor-advised and generosity programs. Its revenue comes from premiums, asset management fees, and interest/spread-based banking income.

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