Senior Cloud Integration Engineer II

Principal Financial Group; Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

Flexible Time Off

Pension plan

Hybrid/Remote options

Job summary

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines invites a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Retirement & Income Solutions modernization effort. You will design, build, and scale enterprise integrations, partnering with cross-functional teams in a cloud-native AWS environment.

The role combines hands-on engineering with informal leadership, mentoring teammates and shaping patterns used across RIS. Flexible in-office/hybrid arrangements with options for remote work for eligible applicants.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise engineering experience with increasing scope and technical influence.
• Deep experience building solutions on AWS with a strong working knowledge of core services.
• Experience in matrixed, highly collaborative environments, partnering across teams and disciplines.
• Informal team leadership experience, mentoring, and providing strategic direction.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve enterprise integration patterns leveraging APIs, events, and messaging to support the RIS modernization effort.
• Partner closely with enterprise teams to enable scalable integrations using AWS-native services such as EventBridge, SQS, Lambda, and ECS/EKS.
• Develop reusable, composable CDK constructs that can be adopted consistently across teams.
• Provide technical direction, informal leadership, and mentoring while remaining hands-on in engineering activities.
• Translate complex business and modernization needs into practical, repeatable engineering solutions.
• Contribute to architectural discussions with a strong engineering lens, understanding design intent and implementation trade-offs.
• Help shape how integration capabilities are delivered at scale across RIS and the broader organization.

Skills

Enterprise engineering leadership

Strong communication

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS core services

TypeScript

CDK (Cloud Development Kit)

API/Event/Messaging patterns

Job description

Principal Financial Group in Des Moines invites a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Retirement & Income Solutions modernization effort. You will design, build, and scale enterprise integrations, partnering with cross-functional teams in a cloud-native AWS environment.

The role combines hands-on engineering with informal leadership, mentoring teammates and shaping patterns used across RIS. Flexible in-office/hybrid arrangements with options for remote work for eligible applicants.