[Remote] Sr Software Engineer I

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Principal Financial Group is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer I to join its Workplace Benefits Fulfillment Customer Experience / Claims Intake team. The role develops and modernizes customer-facing web applications and digital pipelines for Life and Disability claims, collaborates with engineering and business partners, and delivers technology solutions in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality applications for our customers
• Identify and propose strategies around technical problems affecting the business, communicate standards, and get consensus on solutions
• Work closely within your engineering team, architecture, and business partners to resolve how to make our software even better
• Take on tasks of increasing complexity, learn quickly, and make steady progress to make improvements based on partner feedback
• Solve interesting and complex problems to create a positive customer experience
• Experiment with new tools and practices to deliver business value in an agile organization
• Understand how work fits into the larger strategy
• Actively participate with team during pairing, mobbing, and design

Skills

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 6+ years experience designing, developing, and coding applications
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code development using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) and/or AWS CloudFormation
• Strong proficiency in one or more programming languages, with experience in TypeScript, Java, and SQL preferred
• Experience developing modern web applications using React and Next.js frameworks
• Experience building and supporting serverless applications and event-driven architectures
• Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and quality-first engineering practices
• Experience working in collaborative engineering environments utilizing pair programming
• 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.)
• TypeScript, Java, and SQL preferred
• AWS Services, AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Amazon S3
• DynamoDB
• SNS/SQS
• AWS CloudFormation and AWS CDK
• PostgreSQL
• Oracle
• GitHub
• GitHub Actions

Benefits

• Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus 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 don’t accrue a bank of time off under FTO and there is no set number of days provided.
• Pension eligible.
• In-office, hybrid, and remote work arrangements are available; remote work is only available if residing more than 30 miles from Des Moines, IA, Raleigh, NC, or Charlotte, NC.

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