General Engineering

The Manager, Engineering leads a product team focused on building and maintaining platforms that enable account management, portfolio tracking, and wealth management services. This leader accomplishes results through the management of experienced technologists who operate with independence, while still providing technical leadership and strategic direction, establishing operating policies and procedures, and interpreting company-wide standards. The role is responsible for schedules and departmental objectives aligned with organizational goals, and collaborates frequently with internal and external stakeholders, including senior business partners, on projects and operational decisions. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with AWS cloud, Python, Lambda, and Postgres, and demonstrates technical expertise in data engineering and solution architecture. Success in this position requires mentoring and upskilling a growing team, driving adoption of modern engineering practices, and leading briefings and technical meetings to support IT objectives and deliver business value across the organization.

Developing Software
Has Developed software. Supports the team agile practices and learning events / trainings
Helps break down barriers for the team
Partner with Product Manager on Initiatives/ Features/ Epics and provides clarity on desired outcomes as well as technical expertise.
Setting product/platform technology strategy
Participates in setting the product and platform technology vision, strategies, initiatives, roadmaps , objectives and alignments
Empowers the team to select the right tool and platforms for the given product area.
Defining Engineering standards/patterns
Collaborating with Engineers to ensure Engineering practices and be an advocate to bring the engineering disciplines.
Promoting engineering practices and continuous improvement such as DevOps nd observability
DevOps
DevOps continuously evaluated through observability, monitoring and alerting
Be an advocate to the team to define criteria’s for selecting the right platform/technology
Execute or manage the overall technology solutions, platforms for the product groups and associated vendor relationships.
Holding regular 1:1s with team members and team meeting, provides constructive feedback, guidance and coaching to help engineers grow their skills and experience.
Provides career planning advice to engineers and creates development plans to help them achieve their career goals which leverages their skills and capabilities and provides them with learning opportunities.
Recruiting/building talent
Planning in advance for future people needs for the product groups, collaborate with the other teams on the recruitment process
Recruits, develops, and sustains a high-performing team while promoting a culture of shared accountability, operational excellence, and partnership across the organization.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
~3+ years’ management/supervisory experience in specific IT functional area discipline, e.g. applications development or equivalent skills leading major technical projects with accountability for enforcing talent management needs and performance standards.
~ Demonstrated leadership and experience managing multidiscipline, high-performance work teams.
~ Strong competency in project management and execution of multiple or large projects.
~ Experience working with customers to develop solutions to complex business problems.
~ Ability to formulate, implement and evaluate plans, programs and procedures applicable to customer relationship and demand management.

MBA
~ Financial Services industry experience
~5+ years of experience in hands on development with modern data tools and technologies such a Python, Lambda, AWS with proven ability to design, build and maintain data architecture and pipelines.
~ Guide architectural decisions and ensure best engineering practices.
~ Review code, design documents, and technical proposals.
~ Stay hands-on with coding when necessary, especially for prototyping or critical issues.
~ Experience with data modeling, 3rd party vendor file management.
~ Experience in IT planning and business relationship management
~ Pay TransparencyThrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. The applicable salary or hourly wage range for this full-time role is $153,401.00 - $207,542.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. Thrivent is unique in our commitment to helping people to be wise with money and live balanced and generous lives. 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; pension; disability insurance; 10 paid company holidays; EAP; Eligibility for receipt of these benefits is subject to the applicable plan/policy documents. Thrivent’s plans/policies are subject to change at any time at Thrivent’s discretion.

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