Sr Salesforce Engineer

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

1d•Remote

About The Position

As a Senior Salesforce Engineer, you will serve as a technical subject matter expert delivering code-based Salesforce solutions that support the Practice Development organization, specifically the Practice Structure team responsible for managing advisors’ books of business. This role partners closely with product and engineering leadership to design, plan, and develop business‑critical Salesforce capabilities, including Lightning Web Components and system integrations, aligned to long‑term technology strategy. You will act as a senior thought leader and right hand to engineering leadership, helping set technical direction, elevate solution quality, and ensure scalable, well-architected Salesforce implementations across the platform. This role requires deep, specialized Salesforce engineering expertise with strong ownership, influence, and hands-on delivery expectations.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
7+ years of experience in salesforce 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 Salesforce development knowledge to drive outcomes for customers
Ability to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align to the broader engineering strategy
Member of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing code-based Salesforce solutions that deliver outcomes
Consistent and dependable in delivering Salesforce solutions that deliver outcomes and meet/exceed the team's expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.
Shares new ideas and techniques with team
Encourages junior engineers to invest in learning as a part of their job
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 assess 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.
Participate in the team support rotation and provide 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 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.
Model Thrivent’s leadership competencies
Support and/or develop an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients
Shape and support a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients