What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Engineer position at Thrivent Financial?
Description
As a Sr Engineer you will be considered a technical expert in one or more phases of application and/or systems engineering. This includes providing design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy and expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business. You will determine specifications, plan, design, and develop business critical technology solutions, utilizing appropriate engineering processes - either individually or in concert with product team.
* This Sr Engineer has a deep, narrow expertise for specialized engineering technology expertise in DBT with Jinja, Python/Scala/Apache Spark/ Java with Databricks
DUTIES & 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
Implementing Solutions
Member of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing core technology solutions for the products that delivers outcomes
Consistent and dependable in delivering core technology solutions that delivers outcomes and meets/exceeds the teams expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.
Learning and Applying New Techniques
Shares new ideas and techniques with team
Encourages junior engineers to invest in learning as a part of their job.
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
Defining Engineering Standards and Patterns
Contribute to develop engineering practices, templates and frameworks in collaboration with the team.
DevOps
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.
Selecting & Managing Technology Vendors
Contribute to define the selection criteria for selecting the right technology vendors
Participate in proof of concept / technology along with the vendor
Coaching Engineers
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
Recruiting/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
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.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
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
7+ years of Mastery of DBT, DB2, SQL, Jinja, Spark, Python, Scala, Java, Databricks,
BI Solutioning with Data Governance and compliance and migration of legacy ETL application to cloud.
5+ years of Domain expertise across insurance, finance, and marketing, coupled with ETL/ELT design, allows for solutions tailored to complex industry needs.
5+ years of experience and strategic ability to lead teams through extensive migration projects while establishing next-generation data frameworks.
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
Preferred:
Financial Services industry experience
Coach / mentor other team members as appropriate
Pay Transparency
Thrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. We accomplish this by offering a wide variety of market competitive compensation programs to attract, reward, and retain top talent. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $118,105.00 - $159,788.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will be determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to, location, relevant experience, skills, and knowledge, business needs, market demand, and other factors Thrivent deems important.
Salary : $118,000 - $159,000