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Principal Financial Group · 5 hours ago

Data Engineer - Data Foundation Enablement Team

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

$80K/yr - $132K/yr

2+ years exp

Principal Financial Group is investing in a centralized data foundation to enhance enterprise data management. The Data Engineer will be responsible for building scalable data solutions, optimizing data for analytics, and collaborating with teams to ensure seamless data access and governance.

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No H1B

Responsibilities

Building scalable data solutions that empower organizations to make data-driven decisions and prepare for AI-driven innovation

Engaging directly with teams across the enterprise to accelerate adoption, guide best practices, and create self-service resources such as reference documentation, reusable design patterns, and pipeline constructs

Collaborating with architects on optimal data architecture and risk posture

Building components and data pipelines in AWS and Snowflake

Partnering with engineers across the company to solve real-world challenges

Working with cutting-edge technologies like Snowflake, AWS, GitHub, SQL, and Python

Contributing to building scalable, secure data solutions that make a tangible impact

Providing on-call support as required

Qualification

Data engineeringETL developmentSQLPythonSnowflakeAWS servicesGitHubData modelingData structuresAnalytical skillsProblem-solvingCommunication skillsCollaborationTime management

Required

Bachelor's degree plus 2 - 4 years related work experience or a Master's in a related field

Proven experience as an IT professional

Experience in data engineering, ETL development, or data platform enablement

Strong proficiency in SQL and Python

Hands-on experience with Snowflake, AWS services, and version control tools like GitHub

Ability to work directly with data and datastores through programming language such as SQL, Python, Java, etc

Experience with a variety of data modeling techniques and data structures

Ability to optimize data for analytics and data science

Experience building/operating systems for data extraction, ingestion and processing of large data sets

Knowledge and direct experience using business intelligence reporting tools

Experience building data products incrementally and integrating and managing datasets from multiple sources

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

Ability to collaborate with others required

Must be able to effectively communicate strategies and designs to all levels of the company

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

May be required to provide on-call support

Preferred

Knowledge of financial services products and processes preferred

Basic leadership skills preferred

Excellent time management skills preferred

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.

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