Engineer

Thrivent

7d

About The Position

Thrivent is looking for an Engineer to join our Digital Servicing team. This team supports Thrivent’s website and mobile app, which empowers our members to independently view their accounts and take actions. By helping to build and maintain the systems behind these applications, you’ll play a key role in enabling our members to access their accounts anytime anywhere. As an Engineer you will create and/or modify solutions to complex technology problems. This includes coding, testing, debugging, documenting, and maintaining those solutions. You will participate in leading smaller engineering efforts as well as contributing to larger, enterprise-wide initiatives. The Engineering teams are challenged to partner across departments and divisions to achieve the best outcomes for our customers.

Requirements

• Experience working with front end technologies such as React, React Native, and GraphQL
• Experience working in both mobile and web platforms
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
• 3 to 5 years of Engineering experience
• Sound knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge of industry standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices
• Knowledge of systems design concepts that provide security and stability
• Deep knowledge of Operating Systems and/or Application Development Platforms
• Ability to debug code and/or complex log files for troubleshooting and analysis of product defects
• Sound understanding of application engineering concepts
• Knowledge/experience with querying databases for data lookup/update

Nice To Haves

• Financial Services industry experience
• Coach / mentor other team members as appropriate

Responsibilities

• Designing Solutions Apply technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers
• Ability to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align to the broader engineering strategy
• Proficient at designing solutions within core framework of technology products within this team
• Participate in low level design for the product area / within the team.
• Implementing Solutions Use independent, critical thinking to solve complex problems which are significant to the customer.
• Member of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing technology solutions for the product that delivers outcomes.
• Consistent and dependable in delivering core technology solutions that deliver outcomes and meets/exceeds the teams expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.
• Learning and Applying New Techniques Seek out opportunities to learn new technologies that improve the product and its lifecycle.
• Collaborating within the Team Participate in team’s collaboration sessions to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team
• Participate in product planning and implementation.
• Helps team to understand and decompose work
• DevOps Participates in the team support rotation and builds knowledge on focus subsystems.
• Coaching Engineers Provide technical expertise and help the team to solve technical/software issues
• Provide trainings to the junior developers and groom them
• Recruiting/Building Talent Participate in the interview process or be part of the panel to recruit the right talent to the team
• Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies
• 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.
• Perform other related duties as required.

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, and other employee benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees