Application Engineer - Asset Management

Thrivent Financial; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Thrivent in Minneapolis seeks an Application Engineer, Asset Management to build and maintain software applications and data solutions for the Investments organization. You will work across development, testing, and production support to enable portfolio managers, analysts, and operations teams with reliable technology.

The role focuses on collaboration, on-call production support, and automation of data pipelines, with on-site work three days a week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with application engineering, data engineering, or production support.
• Proficiency with Java, OpenShift, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, GitHub, and Power BI or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and support applications and data solutions for the Investments group.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers, analysts, and operations teams to enable workflows.
• Mentor other engineers and support on-call production systems.
• Automate data ingestion, transformation, validation, and reporting.
• Design, build, and maintain APIs and integrations across internal and external systems.
• Troubleshoot issues across applications, data, and infrastructure.

Skills

3+ years’ experience

Troubleshooting

Data pipelines and APIs

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Java

OpenShift

SQL

Snowflake

dbt

GitHub

PowerBI

Job description

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 Application Engineer, Asset Management creates and maintains software applications and data solutions to meet business needs within the Investments organization. The work of the Application Engineer, Inv involves planning, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and ongoing support. This role operates at the intersection of application engineering, data integration, and production support, enabling portfolio managers, analysts, and operations teams through reliable, scalable, and well-governed technology solutions. The Application Engineer, Inv focuses on individual application components or subsystems within larger systems, working in a collaborative 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 and platforms.
• Routine maintenance and support activities.
• Participation in on‑call rotation to provide 24x7 support for production systems.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment with business partners, analysts, and other application engineers.
• Use established agile methodologies and tools to identify, verify, and document technical features supporting business-driven technology solutions.
• Work with other application engineers and architects to ensure application components function appropriately, data impacts are considered and change management processes are followed.
• Develop, integrate, test, debug, and document application components using a variety of technologies.
• Install and deploy application components by following implementation and verification procedures to ensure successful production outcomes.
• Mentor other Application Engineers to develop skills and knowledge.
• Automate recurring processes involving data ingestion, transformation, validation, and reporting to improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Support analytics platforms and environments used by data analysts, including managing dependencies and ensuring reproducibility.
• Maintain documentation for applications, data flows, and operational procedures.
• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain application components, data pipelines, and integrations supporting investment systems and analytics workflows.
• Build and maintain data integrations and pipelines supporting portfolio holdings, reference data, benchmark/index data, pricing, and performance-related workflows.
• Develop and support APIs and integrations across internal systems and external vendor platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve moderately complex issues across application code, data pipelines, APIs, databases, and infrastructure environments (Linux/Windows).

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, business, mathematics, or related field.
• 3+ years’ technical experience in application engineering, data engineering, or production support.
• Experience with development languages, tools, and structures (e.g., Java, OpenShift, SQL, Snowflake, dbt, GitHub, PowerBI or similar technologies).
• Experience with vendor package implementation and system integration.
• Business knowledge for the area of support.
• Experience working with data pipelines, APIs, or system integrations.
• Experience troubleshooting issues across applications, data, and infrastructure layers.
• Other Critical Factors
• Experience with Asset Management preferred.
• Strong critical thinking abilities to assess application systems and design effective solutions across application and data domains.
• Ability to make sound judgments when evaluating business and technical environments and recommending solutions.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across distributed systems and data workflows.
• Demonstrates a continuous learning mindset and adaptability across modern and legacy technologies.
• Works effectively as a member of a cross-functional team, iterating on solutions while supporting 24x7 production systems.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly with data quality, accuracy, and operational reliability.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and business audiences.
• Proactive mindset focused on automation, process improvement, and reducing manual effort.

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 $94,175.00 - $127,413.00 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.

Benefits

• 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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 [e-mail] or call 800-847-4836 and request Human Resources.

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

For over 100 years, Thrivent has been helping people build their financial futures and live more generous lives. Today, it’s a Fortune 500 company that offers a full range of expert financial solutions, serving more than 2 million customers, as well as the communities in which they live and work. Thrivent fosters a diverse workforce to serve our diverse clientele, reflecting a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. If you’re intrigued about our work and the possibility of becoming part of it, we invite you to visit Thrivent.com to learn more. You won’t just build a career; you’ll be part of an organization focused on growing, innovating, and serving.