Mgr, Engineering - Developer Productivity

About the role

As a Manager of Engineering, you will lead a team of software and platform engineers while providing technical leadership for Thrivent's Engineering Productivity ecosystem, including our Internal Developer Platform (IDP), self-service engineering capabilities, and developer experience initiatives.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices, platform engineering, Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), and developer experience with experience building, operating, and evolving an IDP at enterprise scale.
• Demonstrated success implementing golden paths, paved roads, self-service engineering capabilities, and developer productivity tooling.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, including experience in developer productivity, developer experience, and software delivery platforms.
• 3+ years of leadership experience driving technical strategy, execution, and continuous improvement across engineering teams.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience leading technical teams responsible for shared engineering capabilities.
• Strong understanding of platform engineering, DevOps, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, developer portals, infrastructure automation, and software delivery platforms.

What you'll do

• Lead, coach and develop a team of engineers responsible for platform engineering, developer experience, cloud-native development, automation, and operational excellence.
• Define and drive the roadmap for the Internal Developer Platform, ensuring it delivers measurable value across engineering teams.
• Lead the strategy and evolution of self-service engineering capabilities that improve the software development lifecycle and reduce developer friction.
• Own the health, reliability, security, scalability, and long-term sustainability of Thrivent's Engineering Productivity platforms and Internal Developer Platform (IDP).
• Continuously evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and engineering practices-including Generative AI and AI-assisted development capabilities.

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