Principal Financial Group
Sr Software Engineer II (AWS)
Principal Financial Group, Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43224
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Principal Financial Group Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. What You'll Do
Were looking for an experienced, Senior Software Engineer to join our Workplace Personal Investing team. As we embark on building an innovative greenfield platform, we are seeking an experienced Technical solutions leader (individual contributor) to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that support wealth management platforms and client-facing applications specifically in the investing product space. What You'll Do
Were looking for an experienced, Senior Software Engineer to join our Workplace Personal Investing team. As we embark on building an innovative greenfield platform, we are seeking an experienced Technical solutions leader (individual contributor) to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that support wealth management platforms and client-facing applications specifically in the investing product space.
Key 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.
Who You Are
We are looking for someone with:
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 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.
Additional Preferred experience:
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. Advanced planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality
Salary Range Information
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.
Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$123000 - $167000 / year
Time Off Program
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 dont accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Pension Eligible
Yes
Work Environments
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, or Charlotte, NC). Youll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants
Investment Code of Ethics
For Principal Global Investors positions, youll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
Experience Principal
While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why were an exceptional place to grow your career.
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Posting Window
We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.
Original Posting Date
6/30/2025
Most Recently Posted Date
8/25/2025
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Sr Software Engineer II (AWS)
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Principal Financial Group Join to apply for the
Sr Software Engineer II (AWS)
role at
Principal Financial Group Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. What You'll Do
Were looking for an experienced, Senior Software Engineer to join our Workplace Personal Investing team. As we embark on building an innovative greenfield platform, we are seeking an experienced Technical solutions leader (individual contributor) to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that support wealth management platforms and client-facing applications specifically in the investing product space. What You'll Do
Were looking for an experienced, Senior Software Engineer to join our Workplace Personal Investing team. As we embark on building an innovative greenfield platform, we are seeking an experienced Technical solutions leader (individual contributor) to design, develop, and maintain software solutions that support wealth management platforms and client-facing applications specifically in the investing product space.
Key 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.
Who You Are
We are looking for someone with:
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 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.
Additional Preferred experience:
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. Advanced planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required Must be able to maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality
Salary Range Information
Salary ranges below reflect targeted base salaries. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation for all roles will be based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.
Salary Range (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$123000 - $167000 / year
Time Off Program
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 dont accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
Pension Eligible
Yes
Work Environments
This role offers in-office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek), and remote work arrangements (only if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, or Charlotte, NC). Youll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Work Authorization/Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but IS NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For additional information around work authorization needs please use the following links.
Nonimmigrant Workers and Green Card for Employment-Based Immigrants
Investment Code of Ethics
For Principal Global Investors positions, youll need to follow an Investment Code of Ethics related to personal and business conduct as well as personal trading activities for you and members of your household. These same requirements may also apply to other positions across the organization.
Experience Principal
While our expertise spans the globe, we're bound by one common purpose: to foster a world where financial security is accessible to all. And our success depends on the unique experiences, backgrounds, and talents of our employees - individually and all of us together. Explore our core values, benefits and why were an exceptional place to grow your career.
Principal is an Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Posting Window
We will accept applications for 3 full days following the Original Posting Date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based upon applications received. If we choose to post the job again, we will accept additional applications for at least 1 full day following the Most Recently Posted Date. Please submit applications in a timely manner as there is no guarantee the posting will be available beyond the applicable deadline.
Original Posting Date
6/30/2025
Most Recently Posted Date
8/25/2025
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