Experienced Software Engineer; Cloud & React
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, 50319, USA
Listed on 2026-01-12
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software
What You'll Do
As a Software Engineer working in Customer Experience technology, you'll enable Principal to effectively reach out and connect with current Employer customers. Our mission is to provide an easy and enjoyable experience for our customers! We do this by teaming up with designers, CX, product, and engineers to enable and build simple, intuitive experiences. You’ll have the opportunity to join the team during a time of “web reimagination” for our Employer customers.
You’llhave the opportunity to:
- Demonstrate your passion for solving problems and producing high quality solutions through web application development.
- Be part of an agile product team, collaborating often through pair and mob programming.
- Practice servant informal leadership; wear multiple hats.
- Exercise continuous improvement mindset; forward thinking.
- Clearly communicate technical concepts to business stakeholders as well as communicate business objectives to the technical team and get buy-in.
- Understand complex technical problems and translate them into clear and engaging solutions.
- Enable new capabilities for our Employer customer base that make managing their plan simple and intuitive.
- Some on call required.
- Associate or bachelor’s degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field or equivalent experience) and 3+ years work experience or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of experience building event driven architectures in the cloud is required (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- 3+ years of experience working with React or Next.js is required.
- Informal leadership/mentorship preferred.
- Experience working within an Agile team preferred.
- Typescript
- CI/CD tooling, examples include Circle
CI and Git Hub Actions - Java, for some of the legacy application support
- Using AI coding assistants, examples include Github copilot and Kiro.
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.
SalaryRange (Non-Exempt expressed as hourly; Exempt expressed as yearly)
$94000 - $156000 / year
Time Off ProgramFlexible 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 EligibleYes
Job LevelWe’ll consider talent at the next level with the right experience and skills.
Work EnvironmentsThis 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, Raleigh NC, Charlotte, NC). You’ll work with your leader to figure out which option may align best based on several factors.
Work Authorization/SponsorshipAt 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 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.
Investment Code of EthicsFor Principal Global Investors positions, you’ll 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 PrincipalWhile 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 we’re an exceptional place to grow your career.
Principal is an Equal Opportunity EmployerAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
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