[Remote] Mgr, Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thrivent is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead engineering efforts for the Transactions/Payments domain. The role focuses on modernizing enterprise integration services, delivering payment-centric APIs and solutions, shaping product and technology strategy, managing budgets, collaborating with partner teams and vendors, and developing engineering talent.

Responsibilities

• Modernize and direct engineering efforts for the Transactions/Payments domain from enterprise integration services
• Deliver payment-centric solutions for various consumers to use different payment features with enterprise services that includes vendor decommission and digital NT migration
• Contribute to product strategy, defining the minimum viable product (MVP) scopes and outlining the product roadmap
• Responsible for technology strategy including tech stack selection and solution design with one payment architecture
• Guide technical estimations and managed product budgets throughout the design and development cycle
• Collaborate with various partner teams (Multiple Digital teams, Enterprise payment foundation and Payment portal teams, Cloud platform and infra teams, etc.) and engage in vendor negotiations
• Define and implement standards for product OKRs and departmental metrics
• Recruit, guide and develop high-performing engineering professionals

Skills

• Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field plus 8 years of progressively responsible post baccalaureate experience as a software engineer, analyst, or developer
• Requires a minimum of 3 years of experience managing teams with a documented track record of delivery for cross-functional product experience with Cloud hosting and managing products
• Requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in each of the following:
• RESTful services design philosophy, building high performing APIs and writing specs and expertise in Java, and other J2EE design patterns
• Building CI/CD pipelines using SVN, Maven and Jenkins for deployments and releases while aligning to strategy, design, and architecture of platform
• Proven ability to evaluate and introduce emerging technologies through technical proof-of-concepts, including DynamoDB, Redis caching, Kafka stream processing, and serverless architectures using AWS Lambda
• Proficient in the design and development of scalable Web applications and Microservices using Java-based MVC frameworks such as Spring Boot and Spring, with deep knowledge of enterprise-grade J2EE design patterns
• Advanced expertise in building responsive front-end components utilizing frameworks and libraries such as Next.js, Node.js, React.js, AngularJS, and HTML5
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, including deployment and management of services in EKS and EC2 cluster environments
• Skilled in containerization and orchestration on AWS OpenShift environments
• Demonstrated ability to define and implement enterprise-wide code quality standards, including the rollout of automated code quality tools
• Extensive experience with NoSQL databases including MongoDB, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon DocumentDB, and Elasticsearch, with a strong grasp of data modeling and performance optimization
• Background in Mainframe data integration, with the ability to analyze legacy systems and integrate with modern NoSQL solutions like DynamoDB
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban), with a track record of successful delivery across multiple release cycles in 1-2 week sprint cadences
• Position is based out of and reports to Thrivent's HQ in Minneapolis, MN, but allows for the option to telecommute from a home office anywhere in the United States

Benefits

• Various bonuses, including 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
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Well-being benefits

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