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Thrivent

Principal Engineer

Thrivent

. Establish the engineering vision and bridge strategic intent with scalable execution for the Customized Experience Platform (CEP) .

Posted 11/9/2026full-timeRemote • Minnesota • United StatesLead💰 $161,436 - $218,415 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in establishing engineering vision and architecture for Customized Experience Platforms, with a strong focus on scalable execution, technical leadership, and cross-channel solution design. Proven ability to mentor teams, drive technical direction, and influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical domains.

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Engineering LeadershipArchitecture StandardsCross-Channel Solutions DesignTechnical MentoringFinancial Services Experience

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Hard Skills
Application Data AnalysisSystem DesignCI/CD ImplementationDigital Experience ArchitectureContent Management SystemsMobile App EngineeringExperience AnalyticsExperimentation TechniquesTechnical Problem SolvingDevelopment Frameworks
Soft Skills
Influencing Technical AudiencesMentoring Team MembersCollaboration Across TeamsCommunication SkillsLeadership in Technology Community
Tools & Technologies
Customized Experience PlatformDigital Asset ManagementObservability ToolsDevelopment ToolsEnterprise Systems Architecture
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceMaster's Degree in Related Field (Preferred)
Industry Keywords
Financial ServicesCustomer-Facing Digital ExperienceTechnology StandardsOpen-Source ContributionsTechnology Brand Building

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Establish the engineering vision and bridge strategic intent with scalable execution for the Customized Experience Platform (CEP)
  • Drive technical direction and engineering strategy across experience channels, including content management, digital delivery, experimentation, mobile app engineering, platform observability, experience analytics, and developer experience
  • Shape paved paths for teams building web, mobile, and content-driven experiences
  • Design cross-channel solutions and architecture for CEP capabilities
  • Solve complex customer-impacting problems using application and system data
  • Develop architecturally impactful solution components and embed with CEP platform engineers to unblock implementation
  • Create development frameworks and solution components that accelerate adoption of paved paths
  • Research new techniques and best practices and share them across the organization
  • Provide technical expertise, resolve complex problems, and remove technical roadblocks
  • Participate in product planning and translate customer outcomes into technical strategy, capability roadmaps, engineering work, performance metrics, and experimentation opportunities
  • Lead system design across multiple teams and broker solution design and implementation across product teams
  • Promote technology standards and target architecture across teams
  • Design, develop, document, and analyze enterprise systems architecture
  • Create enterprise design patterns and provide technology insights for strategic technology vision
  • Define high-level product/platform capabilities and provide platform technology expertise
  • Establish engineering best practices and standards inside and outside Thrivent
  • Participate in open-source contributions and meetups
  • Lead critical incident resolution and proactively address production issues and outages
  • Evaluate and execute CI/CD components to improve stability
  • Consult on software solution and technology vendor evaluations
  • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, training, and demos to engineers
  • Support recruitment and build Thrivent’s technology brand

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
  • 10+ years of experience in an engineering role
  • 5+ years of experience leading high performing technology teams
  • Proven record establishing architecture, standards, and reusable patterns for customer-facing digital experience channels, such as web, mobile, content management, digital asset management, experimentation, observability, or devex capabilities
  • Demonstrated ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Demonstrated participation and leadership in the broader technology community
  • Meet or exceed all expectations of a Lead Engineer role
  • Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field
  • Preferred: Financial Services industry experience
  • Preferred: Coach / mentor other team members, particularly in building analysis skills such as metrics selection, strategy breakdown, and experimentation

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Various bonuses, including annual or long-term incentives
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Flexible spending account
  • 401(k)
  • 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