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 software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes - either individually or in concert with product team.DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Designing Solutions
- Apply technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers.
- Ability to work and problem-solve independently on initiatives that align with the broader software engineering strategy.
Developing Features and Functionality
- Member of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing functionality for the database product that helps our engineering teams deliver outcomes.
- Consistent and dependable in delivering core software that delivers outcomes and meets/exceeds the team's expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.
Learning and Applying New Techniques
- Share new ideas and techniques with the team; Encourage engineers to invest in learning as a part of their job.
Collaborating within the Team
- Participate in team collaboration sessions to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team.
- Participate in product planning and implementation. Helps the team to understand and decompose work.
- Participating in code reviews with team members.
Defining Engineering Standards and Patterns
- Contribute to developing 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 other engineers.
- 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.
Recruiting/Building Talent
- Participate in the interview process or be part of the panel to recruit the right talent for the team.
- 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.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Required:
- 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
Preferred:
- Intermediate knowledge in managing databases in the cloud (AWS Preferred).
- Expert knowledge in at least one of the following RDBMS: SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL.
- Intermediate proficiency in one of the following scripting languages: Powershell, Bash, Python.
- Intermediate knowledge of configuration management, infrastructure as Code, or automation platforms.
- Financial Services industry experience
- Coach/mentor other team members as appropriate
Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.
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