Position Details

Salary $126K – $171K USD / year

Type Not Specified

Experience lead

Exp. Years Not specified

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Thrivent is seeking a Staff Engineer to provide architectural direction for complex initiatives in the Wealth Foundations product team. The role drives API modernization and cloud transformation, improves platform scalability, and raises the engineering bar through standardization and resilient design patterns.

Key Responsibilities

Own architectural direction for cross-cutting initiatives
Lead API modernization and cloud transformation efforts
Design resilient design patterns and software integration patterns
Define development frameworks and libraries and establish coding standards
Collaborate across product teams and mentor senior engineers

Technical Overview

This is an architecture-heavy engineering role involving systems design, software integration patterns, and development frameworks/libraries. The Staff Engineer collaborates with IT leadership, product managers, and enterprise architecture to set technology strategy, mentor engineers, and translate technical direction into technical user stories, specifications, and coding standards.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a Staff Engineer who can set architectural direction for complex cross-cutting initiatives across product teams. They have deep experience with API modernization and cloud transformation, and they drive resilient, scalable design patterns while mentoring senior engineers and influencing enterprise technical strategy.

Must-Have Skills

own architectural direction for complexcross-cutting initiativesAPI modernizationcloud transformationdesign systems and software integration patternsresilient design patternscoding standards / best practicescreate technical user stories as required/neededprovide architectural impactful components of solutionsmentor senior engineerscollaborate with enterprise architecture

Required Skills

architectural directionAPI modernizationcloud transformationresilient design patternsdesign systemssoftware integration patternsstandardizationdebt reductionsystems designdevelopment frameworks and librariescoding standardsbest practicestechnical user storiesenterprise architectureplatform scalabilitymentoring senior engineers

Hard Skills

architectural directionAPI modernizationcloud transformationdesign systemssoftware integration patternsstandardizationdebt reductionresilient design patternssystems designsystem data analysisapplication data analysisdevelopment frameworkslibrariescoding standardsbest practicesapplication specificationsstandards and diagramstechnical user storiestechnical strategyplatform scalabilityenterprise architecture collaborationmentoring senior engineersresearch and recommend technologybroker solution design and implementation across product teams

Soft Skills

problem solve independentlyraise the engineering barmentoringcollaboration with IT leadership and product managersinfluencing technical strategyproviding technical expertise to remove roadblockscommunication of technical direction

Industry & Role

Industry Insurance

Job Function Provide architectural leadership and engineering direction for API modernization and cloud transformation initiatives

Role Subtype Software Architect

Tech Domains Cloud & Infrastructure, Software Engineering

Keywords for Your Resume

Staff EngineerSoftware Architectarchitectural directionarchitectAPI modernizationcloud transformationdesign systemssoftware integration patternsstandardizationdebt reductionresilient design patternssystems designplatform scalabilitytechnical user storiescoding standardsbest practicesenterprise architecturementor senior engineersSMEproduct planningtechnology strategy

Deal Breakers

Must be able to own architectural direction for complex cross-cutting initiatives, Must demonstrate experience with API modernization, Must demonstrate experience with cloud transformation, Must demonstrate ability to define resilient design patterns and coding standards/best practices

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