Erika Jensen Email & Phone Number

Appleton, Wi, Us

Appleton, Wi, Us

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Software Developer- Building, uplifting, and supporting Life Insurance Policy and Payment Processing software- Delivering quality solutions for top-priority projects with rigid deadlines and strict government compliance requirements- Making improvements in legacy codebases to meet new requirements- Researching technologies that are new to Thrivent, and building shared tools for more effective useDivisional Business Continuity Representative- Facilitating Business Continuity Testing- Compiling and reporting results quarterly for 14 IT teams, ensuring high responsiveness in case of an emergency- Preparing teams for Disaster Recovery testing by disseminating relevant information, verifying appropriate participation, and fielding any questions that arise

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Software Engineer- Built, uplifted, and supported Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Document Processing software- Collaboratively researched and designed a new, scalable, and resilient document processing system- Designed and built highly scalable RESTful APIs in C#/.NET- Created and added to existing domain & support documentation- Mentored Junior Engineers- Supported remote and local teams that worked in the billing domain through technical mentoring, and design and code review- Troubleshot live production issues, communicated impact, provided timely solutions, and set up monitoring and documentation to prevent similar problems in the futureInnersourcing Committee- Collaboratively designed and rolled out a new process for executing projects across multiple IT teams- Onboarded a new third-party tool that provides metrics on cross-team collaboration- Acted as the on-the-ground expert for the tool above while conducting a phased rollout across ITIT Intern Planning Committee- Collaboratively managed the IT Internship program with a group of IT employees- Interviewed and identified intern candidates with strong technical skills- Planned and facilitated meetings to prepare interns for presentations to senior leadership- Created documentation, collected feedback, and improved the intern program, year-over-year

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

- Built, uplifted, and supported Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and Document Processing software in an agile environment- Built a new Accounts Payable UI (MVP) using React/Redux and Typescript for frontend technologies and .Net Framework, C#, ServiceStack, Kafka, and MongoDB for the backend- Introduced a new development team to this new Accounts Payable tool at the completion of MVP so they could build on top of it- Updated existing 'New Developer' and 'New On-Call Rotational' documentation to improve the onboarding of new team members- IT Intern Program Committee Member - InnerSourcing Committee Member

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

- Developed a new RESTful API and Plugin to improve documents processing speed by 92%- Participated in agile ceremonies- Presented internship deliverables to IT upper management

Winona, Mn, Us

- Tested and developed software both in teams and independently- Built automated tests using open-source software- Ran through a large list of manual UI testing scenarios, and reported bugs in great detail- Communicated project progress, roadblocks, and deliverables to remote stakeholders

Winona, Mn, Us

- Worked through bugs in assembly language assignments with students- Provided additional study sessions to aid in the understanding of class material- Tested and improved lab assignments

- Collaboratively developed lesson plans and taught mobile app development, basic coding/logic skills, and networking with Raspberry Pis.- Guided kids aged 12 to 17 through various activities designed to expand their knowledge of Information Technology.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science

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