Sr Engineer

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

8d•$120,467 - $162,984•Remote

About The Position

As a Sr Engineer, you will serve as a technical expert within a product team focused on enabling Salesforce Marketing Cloud capabilities and customer engagement capabilities. This team operates at the intersection of engineering and marketing technology, building and supporting backend Java services, integrations, and data pipelines that power campaign execution, personalization, and customer data activation across enterprise systems. You will apply deep expertise in integrating applications across platforms, working with diverse API contracts, data models, and cloud services (e.g., AWS). This Sr Engineer has a deep, narrow expertise for specialized engineering technology expertise in Salesforce.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience in engineering environments, taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver
Sound knowledge of industry standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices
Sound knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures
Sound knowledge of systems design concepts that provide security and stability
Expertise in debugging code and/or complex log files for troubleshooting and analysis of product defects
Expert knowledge/experience with querying databases for complex data lookup/update
Perform code reviews with associate team members

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Apply technical knowledge to support SFMC campaign activation and integration with Java or other object-oriented services (e.g., Apex, C#)
Solve problems independently aligned to broader software engineering strategy and platform direction
Design integrations across Java or other object-oriented services and SFMC supporting scalable campaign activation patterns
Build Java or other object-oriented services and SFMC integrations independently and collaboratively with the team
Deliver reliable, scalable, and performant solutions meeting team expectations for system stability
Develop APIs and integrations supporting campaign execution, orchestration, and data activation
Improve system stability, performance, and maintainability across Java services and SFMC platforms
Share new ideas and best practices across Java or other object-oriented services, APIs, and SFMC capabilities
Encourage continuous learning and skill development for junior engineers within the team
Stay current on modern development practices across Java, APIs, and integration patterns
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
Contribute to develop engineering practices, templates and frameworks in collaboration with the team.
Continuously assessing technology to build more stable, scalable, and resilient software
Use data to measure progress
Promote and expand on the use of the CI/CD pipeline to improve the deployment and build process.
Participates in the team support rotation and provides expert knowledge on focus subsystems.
Contribute to define the selection criteria for selecting the right technology vendors
Participate in proof of concept / technology along with the vendor
Provide guidance to junior engineers to help them learn foundational engineering skills
Provide technical expertise and help the team to solve technical/software issues
Provide trainings to the junior developers and groom them
Provide domain expertise on software products in their area to junior engineers to help them learn/grow their skills and contribute as part of 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
Contribute to the recruitment to define the structure of the interview process to hire 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.