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Principal Financial Group · 1 day ago

Sr Software Engineer II (Formal Leader - Hybrid Only)

Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$127K/yr - $171K/yr

8+ years exp

Principal Financial Group is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join their Workplace Personal Investing team. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining software solutions for wealth management platforms and client-facing applications, with a focus on leading technical solutions and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Financial ServicesInsurance

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain software solutions that support wealth management platforms and client-facing applications

Grow the team's ability to own and design all software development layers of a solution

Multiply the effectiveness of others by facilitating cross-team work. Listen and guide debates to help reach consensus. Clearly communicate and back final decisions. Proactively nurture talent of the senior staff in the area

Lead design and delivery of High Yield Savings platform components including account setup (FDIC, joint accounts), tax documentation and reporting, and revenue/cost tracking services

Architect secure, compliant, and extensible APIs to support both customer-facing experiences and internal servicing workflows

Collaborate closely with compliance, finance, and data teams to ensure all regulatory and operational requirements are embedded in platform design

Guide the development of front-end components for transaction views, account dashboards, and system alerts

Drive alignment across engineering and product to ensure seamless UI-to-service integration and strong error handling in client interactions

Drive alignment across multiple engineering and product teams to ensure consistency in eventing, logging, and lifecycle management for account-based workflows

Partner with product managers and UX to deliver seamless customer onboarding and account servicing journeys

Qualification

AWSFront-end developmentBackend developmentLeadershipReactFinancial servicesCloud-native applicationsREST APIsAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingCommunication skillsOrganizational skillsDecision-making

Required

Associate's or bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field or equivalent experience) and 8+ years work experience or equivalent experience

4+ years of AWS experience is required

6+ years of front end or backend development experience is required

Formal/Informal leadership is required

Experience working with modern front-end frameworks (React preferred), and cross-browser responsive UI development

Experience leveraging industry leading vendors to achieve business and customer outcomes

Advanced planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required

Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality

Preferred

Strong background in financial services or banking platforms, especially around transactional and compliance-based workflows

Hands-on experience building event-driven, cloud-native applications (AWS preferred)

Familiarity with front-end integration best practices including REST APIs, error messaging standards, and accessibility

Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and scalable notification/eventing systems (e.g., SNS, SQS, EventBridge)

Must have hands-on experience developing software solutions for wealth management platforms or financial services applications

Benefits

Flexible Time Off (FTO) is provided to salaried (exempt) employees and provides the opportunity to take time away from the office with pay for vacation, personal or short-term illness.

Employees don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.

Pension Eligible

Company

Principal Financial Group

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Principal Financial Group® is dedicated to improving the wealth and well-being of people and businesses around the world—helping more than 62M customers plan, protect, invest, and retire as of December 31, 2023.

Founded in 1879

Des Moines, Iowa, USA

10001+ employees