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You will collaborate across engineering and platform teams to establish technical direction, develop scalable solutions, and raise the organization’s Backstage engineering capabilities.\nDUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDesigning Solutions\nApply technical knowledge to drive outcomes for customers \nAbility to work and problem solve independently on initiatives that align to the broader software engineering strategy\nDeveloping Software\nMember of team that can work independently, as well as collaboratively with team, in developing core software for the product that delivers outcomes.\nConsistent and dependable in delivering core software that delivers outcomes and meets/exceeds the teams expectations for stability, scalability, resilience, etc.\nLearning and Applying New Techniques\nShares new ideas and techniques with team; Encourages junior engineers to invest in learning as a part of their job.\nCollaborating within the Team\nParticipate in team’s collaboration sessions to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team\nParticipate in product planning and implementation. Helps team to understand and decompose work\nDefining Engineering Standards and Patterns\nContribute to develop engineering practices, templates and frameworks in collaboration with the team.\nDevOps\nContinuously assessing technology to build more stable, scalable, and resilient software; Use data to measure progress\nPromote and expand on the use of the CI/CD pipeline to improve the deployment and build process.\nParticipates in the team support rotation and provides expert knowledge on focus subsystems.\nCoaching Engineers\nProvide guidance to junior engineers to help them learn foundational software engineering skills\nProvide technical expertise and help the team to solve technical/software issues\nProvide trainings to the junior developers and groom them\nProvide 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\nRecruiting/Building Talent\nEngage in the tech community to build the Thrivent technology brand and position as the employer of choice in the market\nParticipate in the interview process or be part of the panel to recruit the right talent to the team\nContribute to the recruitment to define the structure of the interview process to hire the right talent to the team.\nModels Thrivent’s leadership competencies - courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable. \nSupports 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. 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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 $104,063.00 - $140,793.00 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.Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. That extends to our benefits.The following benefits may be offered: various bonuses (including, for example, annual or long-term incentives); medical, dental, and vision insurance; health savings account; flexible spending account; 401k; pension; life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; disability insurance; supplemental protection insurance; 20 days of Paid Time Off each year; Sick and Safe Time; 10 paid company holidays; Volunteer Time Off; paid parental leave; EAP; well-being benefits, and other employee benefits. Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents. 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