Sr Software Engineer ; Formal Leader - Hybrid

What You'll Do

Are you a leader looking for new opportunities? An engineer with leadership tendencies wanting to explore formal leadership? A change agent, positive disruptor, passionate about technology, and fostering a culture of innovation and safety? If you answered any of these questions yes, WELCOME! The IS Platform team is looking for an Engineering Leader to join the team!

In this role, you’ll provide strategic direction and leadership over multiple key technologies and services including Content Management, MFT (Managed File Transfers), and Workload Scheduling. The IS Platform organization is a dynamic space focused on Principal’s modernization and cloud journey, through adapting technology to meet our customer and stakeholders needs. A leader in this space must be capable of driving organizational change, be passionate about fostering a culture of diversity and safety and be comfortable working in an agile and product centric team.

• Be a Technology Engineer Leader with job accountabilities centered around HR Leadership, Team Performance, Technology, Vendor Management, Strategy, Culture, and Service Modernization.
• Play the role as capability owner for multiple large and critical enterprise IS technology services including Managed File Transfer, Content Manager/OnDemand, Workload Scheduler.
• Have responsibility for setting strategy and direction, defining technical roadmaps, driving business deliverables, capacity planning, forecasting, and budgeting.
• Be a modernization and Cloud migration advocate, leading multiple initiatives to build or host applications in the Cloud/AWS.
• Manage, coach and develop staff and promote individual development, creating high performing teams.
• Manage vendor relationships for multiple key software partners (IBM, Fortra, etc.).

• Associate or bachelor’s degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math‑related field or equivalent experience) and 6+ years work experience or equivalent experience.
• 4 or more years of related technical experience in an enterprise environment.
• Formal Leadership experience is required.
• Experience supporting engineers with technical and business problems, solutioning architectural issues and planning by engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
• Adaptable, flexible, innovative, influential, collaborative and can learn from experiences and setbacks.

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.

$116,000 - $156,000 / year

The following locations are examples of market‑specific salary ranges across different geographies.

• Des Moines, IA
• Raleigh, NC
• Charlotte, NC

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.

Yes

This role offers in‑office, hybrid (blending at least three office days in a typical workweek). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.

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:
Nonimm…