Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer on our Shared Services team, you'll be working in a team environment seeking to be innovative, efficient and product focused. This team supports a wide range of applications across our Retirement Investment division and works primarily with internal teams in the department and across the enterprise.

If you enjoy this style of environment and have a desire to deliver solutions that will enable efficient methods of servicing our clients, then this may be the position for you!

Here is how you will fill your day:

• Able to, with guidance, work with your team as we seek to implement new technologies, build in security from the beginning, improve our coding practices, provide scale and performance capabilities, and evolve our engineering culture
• Assist in exploring cloud technology and scale cloud capabilities over time, including knowing the latest industry trends
• Participate in code/design reviews and learning technical design
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that test and deploy software, data, and infrastructure artifacts across managed environments
• Own continuous improvement in yourself, your team, and the solutions you build

This position is also a great way to advance your career! As a growing company with over 16,000 employees around the world, Principal offers a lot of ways for you to learn more, earn more and achieve more. That's one reason Principal has been on Computerworld's list of 100 Best Places to Work in IT for 18 straight years.

Qualifications

• Associate's or bachelor's degree (preference in a computer science, technology, engineering or math-related field) or equivalent experience
• Software engineering/programming experience (professional, academic, or community exposure)
• Must have the desire to learn new technology and continuously grow
• Excellent planning, organizational, problem-solving, analytical, decision-making and communication skills required
• Eagerness and proven ability to learn
• The ability to handle some on call responsibilities

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

$49300 - $96000 / year

Additional Information

Location

Remote candidates will be considered for this position.
How We Hire

Once you apply, your application is hand reviewed by our talent team. Generally within a few weeks, the team makes interview selection decisions and communicates those via email. If selected, you'll receive an email from Principal Talent Team to complete a pre-recorded interview on your own time. Be sure to check your email frequently and follow the steps shared to submit timely.

Learn more about our hiring steps and find answers to frequently asked questions.

Work Authorization/Sponsorship

At this time, we're not considering candidates that need any type of immigration sponsorship now or in the future or those needing work authorization for this role. (This includes, but is not limited to students on F1-OPT, F1-CPT, J-1, etc.)
Investment Code of Ethics

For 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 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 we're 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.

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