Staff Engineer

Thrivent•Minneapolis, MN

7d•Remote

About The Position

In this role, you will operate as a Staff Engineer across the Wealth Foundations product team, owning architectural direction for complex, cross‑cutting initiatives such as improving Advisor / client experience for Brokerage/ Trust and non proprietary products, through API modernization, and cloud transformation. You will function as a force multiplier—raising the engineering bar through standardization, debt reduction, and resilient design patterns. You will collaborate closely with IT leadership, product managers, and enterprise architecture to influence technical strategy, mentor senior engineers, and ensure delivered solutions support long‑term platform scalability and business objectives

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
10+ years of experience in engineering environments, taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver
Experience architecting software solutions with requirements such as performance SLOs, high availability, reliability, security, etc.
Understand data and system integration patterns and technologies
Proficiency in managing large scale projects.
Ability to articulate and transfer complex ideas to a wide audience through both verbal and written communication.
Strong conceptual, critical thinking, technical and problem-solving skills with good attention to details.
Must be articulate and have the ability to meet with high level management to present and/or deliver technical documentation.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a related field
Financial Services industry experience
Coach / mentor other team members as appropriate

Responsibilities

Designing Solutions Apply expert industry knowledge and broad understanding of multiple disciplines with technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers
Ability to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align to the broader software engineering strategy
Design systems and software integration patterns across a diverse software engineering ecosystem. These patterns should align to high level engineering goals and business initiatives
Developing Software Use independent, critical thinking to solve complex problems which are significant to the customer.
Uses application and system data, as well as past experiences to inform decision making.
Leader in technical expertise; Develops most architecturally impactful components of solutions
Lead to identify, incorporate and define development frameworks and libraries useful to the product
Learning and Applying New Techniques Seek out industry and technology knowledge along with best practices to share with the team.
Collaborating within the Team Coordinate design and integration of the entire system including subsystems.
Research and recommend technology to improve the current systems
Participate in team’s collaboration session to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team
Participate in product planning and implementation.
Helps product owner to create technical user stories as required/needed.
Contribute to detailed application specifications, standards, and diagrams and develop coding standards / best practices
Collaborating Across Teams Broker solution design and implementation across product teams to achieve outcomes; Contribute to overall systems design which involves multiple teams, research and provide customization or development recommendations, and implement accordingly
Collaborating Across The Organization Act as an SME to provide over all operations and support processes to build resilient systems for the enterprise
Setting product/platform technology strategy Lead the design of critical path/technology for the product group.
Contribute to innovative solutions that align to strategic objectives for the customer
Provide platform technology expertise to teams within product group as well as interdependent teams across the organization
Help to define the technology / tools roadmap along with the product owner for the team.
Defining Engineering Standards and Patterns Partner with the engineering community inside and outside Thrivent in establishing best practices
Share engineering standards across internal teams and collaborate to help software engineers apply these patterns to build solutions that achieve outcomes
DevOps Lead the resolution of critical incidents and provides leadership in proactively addressing product issues
Continuously assessing technology to build more stable, scalable, and resilient software
Promote and expand on the use of the CI/CD pipeline to improve the deployment and build process.
Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors Lead the evaluation process for software solutions - advising on strengths and weaknesses of the external software.
Provide a summary of how a tool impacts business processes and goals.
Contribute in criteria’s for selecting the right platforms and software for the product team.
Coaching Engineers Provide guidance and reinforcement around established engineering best practices
Provide technical leadership and mentoring to other engineers of varying levels inside the product group
Provide trainings and demos to address knowledge gaps with in the team
Recruiting and Building Talent 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
Take part in the Talent Captain role for the product group. This person also leads in how we interview.
Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable.
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.