Staff Engineer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Information Technology or closely related field, and 7 years of progressively responsible post-baccalaureate experience as a technical lead or specialist engaged in digital engineering associated with wealth management, annuities and insurance products and services within or for the financial services sector.
• Must possess the following experience: At least 7 years building modern web applications; At least 4 years in lead role; At least 2 years of designing and implementing data storage using NoSQL database like DynamoDB; At least 1 year of experience in creating event driven applications using framework like Kafka; Documented experience with the following: (1) React, TypeScript, React Hooks, and component
• driven architecture (state management, composition, performance); (2) Next.js SSR/SSG and SEO centric rendering strategies; deploying and operating workloads in AWS (configurations, deployments, data stores, security); (3) Agile/DevOps practices: trunk based development, CI/CD, automation, observability, and incident aware engineering; (4) Node.js, GraphQL,Vite/Webpack, Storybook, and performance profiling (Lighthouse, Web Vitals; using and interpreting information from Observability and Monitoring tools like DataDog, ELK, Cloudwatch (5) collaboration with Java services and eventing stacks (Spring ecosystem, Hibernate ORM); (6) designing/consuming REST and SOAP services in production.
• AWS certification (Solutions Architect – Associate, or Solutions Architect –Professional, or DevOps Engineer) or certification from other major cloud providers (Azure or GCP) required.
• Position is based out of and reports to Thrivent Financial’s HQ in Minneapolis, MN, but allows for the option to telecommute from a home office anywhere in the United States. Must be willing and able to travel to HQ offices in Minneapolis at least 10% of time.
• Salary: at least $156,000/year

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