Thrivent is committed to helping people thrive with purpose, and they are seeking a Salesforce Associate Engineer to contribute to IT solutions. The role involves designing and implementing Salesforce solutions, collaborating with the team, and continuously learning new Salesforce technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Apply Salesforce technical knowledge to work with other engineers to deliver outcomes
- Participate in low level design for the product area / with in the team
- Ability to work and problem solve collaboratively on initiatives that align to the broader software engineering strategy
- Use independent, critical thinking to solve complex Salesforce requests which are significant to the customer
- Member of team that can work collaboratively with team, developing core technology solutions for the product that delivers outcomes
- Seek out opportunities to learn new Salesforce technologies that improve the product and its lifecycle
- Self-starter mentality with ability to learn new features and keeping up-to-date with the Salesforce ecosystem releases
- Participate in team’s collaboration sessions to provide technical expertise to solve a problem/remove technical roadblocks for the team
- Participates in the team support rotation and builds knowledge on focus subsystems
- Models Thrivent’s leadership competencies – courage, collaboration, and commitment by demonstrating resiliency, working together to make the best decisions, and holding yourself and others accountable
- Supports and/or develops an environment in which Thrivent employees and colleagues are focused on continuous improvement, exceptional employee engagement, and an unwavering commitment to our clients
- Shapes and/or supports a culture that represents the Thrivent purpose, promise and values, ensuring that Thrivent’s trust and reputation remain strong with its clients
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years of Salesforce apex experience (triggers, REST API, classes, async tooling)
- Knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures
- Knowledge of systems and software design concepts, object-oriented programming
- Knowledge/experience with querying databases for data lookup/update (SOQL, SOSL, SQL)
- Financial Services industry experience
- Salesforce platform developer 1 and/or admin certifications