Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Summary
We exist to help people achieve financial clarityAt thrivent, we believe money is a tool, not a goalDriven 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 heart, we are a membership-owned fraternal organization, as well as a holistic financial services organization, dedicated to serving the unique needs of our clientsWe focus on their goals and priorities, guiding them toward financial choices that will help them live the life they want today—and tomorrow.
At thrivent, we are focused on a digital transformation that will deliver modern, innovative experiences for our clients, financial advisors, and employeesWe are investing in data and technology, using devops practices, and building an engineering culture of empowered technical expertsOur technologists are involved in work that includes cloud native development, digital architecture and integration, automation, cloud data platforms, artificial intelligence, and machine learning as well as maximizing platforms such as salesforce, aws and microsoft.
The lead web application developer supports the architecture and leads the conceptual and technical designing, developing, implementing and governance of technology solutions that deliver business value on our web application development team.
Job description
The lead w eb application developer is responsible for analyzing, designing, building, testing, debugging, documenting, implementing and maintaining new or existing web applications They review and analyze user needs and design proposed system solutions based on requirementsThey participate in the development and testing of these solutions and ensure adherence to defined timelinesThey evaluate and configure systems and peripherals for performance and serviceability, reliability, and availabilityThey recommend enhancements, upgrades and/or changes to the system configuration to maintain optimum system performance and utilityThe software developer documents all aspects of an application or system to include network diagrams/flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments, and revision datesThey collaborate with other it and business professionals and deliver high quality results.
Job duties and responsibilities
Works on all phases of web application development independently
Provides technical thought leadership on all sized efforts within a functional area
Serves as the technical expert on web app development efforts
Proactively mitigates risk within assigned assets, technologies and platforms within a functional area
Ensures data quality
Accountable for technical currency decisions related to vendor management
Leads vendor technical staff implementing and coordinating of system upgrades and enhancements
Identifies and drives improvements and innovation
Develops and maintains program documentation
Assists with architecture and leads the analysis and design for current business solutions, accounting for future business needs
Understands the business needs and translates into technical plans and processes within the functional area across multiple technology domains
Coordinates the functionality used by software applications, including change management, security and authentication, disaster recovery planning, support for data access, system configurations and reports
Sets and drives commitments to achieve desired priorities
Participates in setting architectural and technical standards across the organization
Leverages experience to drive best practices in thrivent’s environments
Influences and implements change
Mentors and trains new or less experienced team members
Required job qualifications
Bachelor`s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, mis, mathematics or related field
5+ years of applicable experience including prior lead web app experience
Advanced in-depth knowledge of web app design, architecting and demonstrated leadership on all sized efforts
Strong organizational, analytical, critical thinking and leadership skills
Preferred job qualifications
Experience with cliet-side javascript frameworks (react, vue, angular, dart 2js)
Experience with state management, security integration, composable ui`s and micro applications
Experience wit hheadless cms integration, source service integration, cicd, css, css pre & post processors, web/html development, containerization (docker, openshift)
This role can sit 100% remote
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 lawThis policy applies to all employees and job applicants.
Thrivent is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilitiesIf 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.
