Senior Application Engineer - Asset Management

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Application Engineer - Asset Management creates and maintains software applications that meet business needs. The role covers planning, analysis, design, development and coding, testing, implementation, and maintenance. It builds and maintains large-scale or complex application systems, collaborating with business leaders, operations support staff, and technical experts to integrate applications with current and future business and technical strategies. The role works in a team environment and provides 24x7 support for production systems through an on-call rotation. This position requires on-site work in Minneapolis, Minnesota, or Appleton, Wisconsin, at least three days a week, currently Monday through Wednesday.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, business, mathematics, or a related field with technical experience.
At least 5 years of technical experience.
Experience with multiple development platforms, languages, tools, and structures.
Experience with multiple vendor package implementations and integrations.
Business knowledge of multiple areas.
Strong critical-thinking abilities to assess application systems and design changes.
Ability to make sound judgments when evaluating business and technical environments and assessing technical solutions.
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
Demonstrated continuous-learning mindset.
Ability to work effectively independently and as a member of a cross-functional team, iterating on solutions while providing 24x7 production-system support.
Ability to work on-site in Minneapolis, MN, or Appleton, WI, a minimum of three days per week.

Nice To Haves

Advanced education is preferred.

Responsibilities

Support proprietary and/or vendor business applications through project enhancements and new development, system upgrades, and routine maintenance and support.
Participate in an on-call rotation providing 24x7 support for existing systems.
Collaborate with business resources and other application engineers in a team environment.
Use established agile methodologies and tools to identify, verify, and document technical features for business-driven technology solutions.
Work with application engineers and architects to ensure application components function appropriately and that data impacts and change-management considerations are addressed.
Develop, integrate, test, debug, and document complex application components using a variety of technologies.
Install application components following implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful system implementation.
Mentor other Application Engineers to develop their skills and knowledge.