Associate Application Engineer - Asset Management

      

We exist to help people achieve financial clarity. At Thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goal. Driven by a higher purpose at our core, we are committed to providing financial advice, investments, insurance, banking and generosity programs to help people make the most of all they’ve been given.

At our core, we are a membership-owned fraternal organization, as well as a holistic financial services organization, dedicated to serving the unique needs of our clients. We focus on their goals and priorities, guiding them toward financial choices that will help them live the life they want today—and tomorrow.

Job Summary

The Associate Application Engineer - Asset Management assists in creating or maintaining software applications to meet business needs. The Associate Application Engineer works with or is mentored by experienced Application Engineers to get work done in individual application components or subsystems within the scope of larger applications. The Associate Application Engineer works in a team environment.

         

          

Job Responsibilities and Duties

 

• Provide support for business applications (proprietary and/or vendor applications) including:
  • Enhancement and/or new development work on projects
  • Upgrades to existing systems
  • Routine maintenance and support activities
  • Participation in on-call rotation to provide 24x7 support for existing systems.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment with business resources and other application engineers. Use established agile methodologies and tools to identify, verify and document technical features that support development of business-driven technology solutions.
• Work with other application engineers to ensure that the affected application components function appropriately, data impacts are considered, and other areas of change management are addressed.
• Develop, integrate, test, debug and document application components using a variety of technologies.
• Install application components by following implementation and verification procedures to ensure the successful implementation of systems.

 

Job Qualifications

 

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, business, mathematics or related field.
• 0-3 years’ technical experience.
• Experience with Java and SQL. 
• Experience with or ability to learn development languages, tools, and structures.
• Experience with or ability to learn vendor package implementation.
• Business knowledge for the area of support.

 

Preferred:

• Experience with development languages, tools, and structures (e.g., Java, OpenShift, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, GitHub, PowerBI or similar technologies).

Other Critical Factors

 

• Strong critical thinking abilities to assess an application system and design changes within the convention of the system.
• Ability to make sound judgments when evaluating the business and technical environment and assessing technical solutions.
• Strong abilities in troubleshooting and problem solving.
• Demonstrates a continuous learning mindset.
• Works effectively as a member of a cross functional team iterating on solutions while providing 24x7 support for production systems.

 

Additional Information

 

• This position requires you to work on-site in Minneapolis, MN a minimum of three days a week.

              

Pay Transparency

 

Thrivent’s long-term growth depends on attracting, rewarding, and retaining people who are committed to helping others thrive with purpose. 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 $77,478.00 - $104,823.00 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. Thrivent’s plans/policies are subject to change at any time at Thrivent’s discretion.

 

Thrivent provides Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable local, state, or federal law. This policy applies to all employees and job applicants.

Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please let us know by sending an email to human.resources@thrivent.com or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.